Follicular localization of dendritic cells in a xanthomatous inflammatory tumor of lung associated with human herpes virus-8 infection

Virchows Arch. 2006 Dec;449(6):726-9. doi: 10.1007/s00428-006-0318-y. Epub 2006 Nov 8.

Abstract

A 17-year-old man was treated with chemotherapy and radiation for nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma that presented as a left chest wall mass. Ten years later, a left upper lobe lung tumor was identified. The tumor resection demonstrated a 1.3-cm yellow lung nodule composed of epithelioid and spindled lipid-laden CD68+ and Factor XIIIa+ macrophages. Distinct follicular structures with dendritic cells positive for CD1a, fascin, and ALK-1 and largely devoid of intracytoplasmic lipid were a distinguishing feature of the lesion. Most of the xanthomatous macrophages expressed human herpes virus-8 antigen. The current World Health Organization classification of "inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors" is examined, and the association of a subset of "inflammatory pseudotumors" with immunodeficiency states and opportunistic infection is discussed.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Activin Receptors, Type II / analysis
  • Adolescent
  • Antigens, CD1 / analysis
  • Dendritic Cells, Follicular / pathology*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / virology
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / genetics
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / immunology
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / virology
  • Male
  • Xanthomatosis / pathology*
  • Xanthomatosis / virology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD1
  • CD1a antigen
  • ACVRL1 protein, human
  • Activin Receptors, Type II