Malignant histiocytosis of pulmonary form
Le Jeunne, C.; Hugues, F.C.; Laurenceau, F.; Pol, S.; Degos, L.; Haas, C.
Annales de Medecine Interne 137(7): 573-575
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-410X PMID: 3813300 Document Number: 283506
Malignant histiocytosis beginning by a unique pulmonary location is most unusual. The case reported here has seemed worthy because of its strange clinical aspect, the unexpected diagnosis, and because of the way it answered completely and rapidly to the following chemotherapy: Adriamycin 50 mg/m2, Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2, Vincristine 2 mg one day every three weeks associated to Prednisone 100 mg/m2 the five first days. A study of literature has allowed us to review all pleuro-pulmonary location initiating malignant histiocytosis and to stress out the errors of diagnosis that can outcome in this case.