Malignant Histiocytosis Presenting as Malignant Granuloma |
Hyung Tae Kim, MD, Sa Woong Hong, MD, Bo Young Lee, MD, Joo Hyun Kim, MD, and Seung Ho Cho, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Catholic University Medicine College, Korea |
악성 육아종 양상을 보이는 악성 조직구 증다증 |
김형태 · 홍사웅 · 이보영 · 김주현 · 조승호 |
가톨릭대학교 의학부 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Malignant granuloma syndrome is defined as a progressive non-healing ulceration and granulomatous lesion localized in the nasal cavity, paranasal sinus or pharyx. Within the wide range of name of malignant granuloma syndrome, the commonest are malignant midline granuloma, Wegener's granulomatosis, polymorphic reticulosis and malignant lymphoma. In 1982 Aozasa and Inoue reported several cases of malignant histiocytosis presenting as lethal midline granuloma, characterized by systemic, progressive, invasive proliferation of atypical histiocytes and their precursors. Common symptoms of malignant histiocytosis are fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia and eventually leading to death within 6 months. We reported 3 cases with clinical features of the malignant granuloma, finally diagnosed as malignant histiocytosis.
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