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MeSH Heading: Histiocytic Sarcoma
Tree Number(s): C04.557.227.380; C15.604.250.390.380
Unique ID: D054747
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054747
Scope Note: Malignant neoplasms composed of MACROPHAGES or DENDRITIC CELLS. Most histiocytic sarcomas present as localized tumor masses without a leukemic phase. Though the biological behavior of these neoplasms resemble lymphomas, their cell lineage is histiocytic not lymphoid.
Entry Term(s): Histiocytosis, Malignant; Malignant Histiocytosis; True Histiocytic Lymphoma; True Malignant Histiocytosis
Public MeSH Note: 2008; for HISTIOCYTOSIS, MALIGNANT see HISTIOCYTOSIS, MALIGNANT 1987-2007
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

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Histiocytic Sarcoma MeSH Descriptor Data 2025