ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2022
Granulomatous splenic mass with necrosis revealing an EBV-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma.
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- Spleen EBV-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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- Epstein-Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with significant granuloma: case report and literature review.Diagnostic pathology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma is a variant of follicular dendritic cell neoplasm most often arising in the liver or spleen. Two histological patterns can be identified in this variant, namely a granulomatous and an eosinophil-rich one. We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with a splenic mass. After being removed, the mass was gray-whitish with an area of necrosis. Histology showed a diffuse distribution of epithelioid granulomas in a background of a dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. Rare atypical cells EBV+ and CD21+ were present in the intergranulomatous areas. Differential diagnosis for the granulomatous type EBV+ inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma includes infection, sarcoidosis, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, T cell lymphoma and vasculitis. The origin of this neoplasm is the follicular dendritic cell, and, due to its similarities with a myofibroblast, differential diagnosis can be challenging. Immunohistochemistry for dendritic markers and
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