reˌticulosarˈcoma Path.
[ad. F. réticulosarcome (C. Oberling 1928, in Bull. de l'Assoc. Fran{cced}aise pour l'{Eacu}tude du Cancer XVII. 279): see reticulo- and sarcoma.]
A sarcoma arising from the reticuloendothelial system.
| 1938 Jrnl. Path. & Bacteriol. XLVII. 473 The idea of grouping all the neoplastic conditions of reticular tissue under the generic term reticulosarcoma. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. XLI. 75 (heading) Multiple reticulosarcoma of the duodenum and jejunum. Ibid. 76/2 Description and classification of reticulosarcomata. 1958 R. W. Raven Cancer II. xxiv. 452 In 1928 Oberling introduced the name reticulo⁓sarcoma as a generic term for all neoplasms of the LRS [sc. lymphoreticular system]: since then varieties such as lymphocytic and lymphoblastic reticulosarcomas..and sundry more disputable cytological types have been listed. 1974 R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery ii. 31 If the growth contains a large number of reticulin fibres, as revealed by special staining methods, the growth is called a reticulosarcoma. |