ICD-11 classes
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Neoplasms of haematopoietic or lymphoid tissues
2B31 — Histiocytic or dendritic cell neoplasms
2B31.5 — Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
ICD-11 2B31.5 — Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
A neoplasm composed of spindle to ovoid cells which have morphologic and immunophenotypic characteristics of follicular dendritic cells. It affects lymph nodes and other sites including the tonsils, gastrointestinal tract, spleen, liver, soft tissues, skin, and oral cavity. It usually behaves as a low grade sarcoma. Recurrences have been reported in up to half of the cases.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: