A case of histiocytic medullary reticulosis complicated with x-ray-irradiated oral cancer

T Inagaki; M Horio; O Teranobu; K Nakanishi; K Shimada; S Maeda

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(94)90041-8

A case of histiocytic medullary reticulosis complicated with x-ray-irradiated oral cancer

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1994 Oct;78(4):476-9. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(94)90041-8.

Authors

T Inagaki¹, M Horio, O Teranobu, K Nakanishi, K Shimada, S Maeda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 7800380
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(94)90041-8

Abstract

We report the case of a patient in whom oral squamous cell carcinoma and a fatal reactive form of histiocytosis were simultaneously manifested. Our conclusions indicate that such a hematophagocytic syndrome may occur in the setting of oral squamous cell carcinoma as previously described in other malignancies.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
Fatal Outcome
Histiocytic Sarcoma / etiology
Histiocytic Sarcoma / pathology*
Humans
Male
Mouth Floor / pathology
Mouth Neoplasms / pathology*
Mouth Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology*
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / adverse effects