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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Case Report: A middle-aged woman with mediastinal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma complicated by paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Yongchun Wang, Min Zhou, Feifei Wang, Zhiyan Hu, Yan Ruan

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Yongchun WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Institute of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Min ZhouDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Institute of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Feifei WangDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhiyan HuDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yan RuanDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Institute of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a relatively rare malignant entity, follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) of the mediastinum currently suffers from insufficient clinical characterization, warranting more comprehensive studies to optimize therapeutic strategies. The initial symptoms of FDCS are often related to the respiratory system. It is particularly rare for the disease to present initially as recurrent ulcers in the oropharynx, which eventually led to a diagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus. Here, we report a case of a young female patient diagnosed with mediastinal FDCS associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus. The patient presented with recurrent pharyngeal ulcers and was diagnosed with mediastinal FDCS associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus 10 months later through imaging and pathological examinations.

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dental ulcerdifferential diagnosisfollicular dendritic cell sarcomamultidisciplinary team consultationparaneoplastic pemphigus

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PMID40678073
PMCPMC12267037

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