Abstract
Histiocytic sarcoma is a rare, lymphohematopoietic malignant neoplasm composed of tumor cells showing morphologic and immunophenotypic features of mature tissue histiocytes. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) as either a part of a systemic disease or as a primary lesion has rarely been described so far. We present a case of primary CNS histiocytic sarcoma in an adult patient and review the literature on this rare entity.
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Laviv, Y., Zagzag, D., Fichman-Horn, S. et al. Primary central nervous system histiocytic sarcoma. Brain Tumor Pathol 30, 192–195 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10014-012-0123-z
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