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Two cases of histiocytic sarcoma with BCL2 translocations and occult or subsequent follicular lymphoma.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 2016
Fernandez-Pol Sebastian, Bangs Charles D, Cherry Athena, Arber Daniel A, Gratzinger Dita
Abstract excerpt
Histiocytic sarcoma is rare and difficult to distinguish from histologic mimics such as myeloid sarcoma due to its relatively nonspecific immunoprofile. A subset of histiocytic sarcomas are clonally related to synchronous or metachronous follicular lymphomas. Interestingly, the histiocytic tumor component has been shown to harbor BCL2 gene translocations that are identical to those found in the lymphoma. We...
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