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Systemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Systemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis N.O.S. (Not otherwise specified). Liver biopsy. Etiology unknown.
Clinical synopsis
pancytopenia
posterio mediastinal tumor (tumor of the costo-vertebral angle) (T3-T6)
bone marrow fibrosis (myelofibrosis)
Digital slides
Biopsy 1: Bone marrow biopsy
H&E: NCK8-180 (ICSFramework)
Biopsy 1: Posterior mediastinal tumor
H&E : NCK8-181 (ICSFramework)
CD163 : NCK8-183 (ICSFramework)
CD68 : NCK8-182 (ICSFramework)
Biopsy 3: Liver biopsy
H&E: NCK8-179 (ICSFramework)
Smooth Muscle Actin (SMA): NCK8-178 (ICSFramework)
Pathological synopsis
non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
histiocytic infiltration CD68+, CD163+, CD1a-, S100-
ALK- immunochemistry
no ALK rearrangement by FISH
Differential diagnosis
systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma ?
systemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (NOS) ?
ALK- inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor)