Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Metastatic to the Thyroid Gland

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma metastatic to the thyroid gland.

Despite frequent cancer metastases to the thyroid gland demonstrated at autopsy, finding of thyroid metastasis in clinical practice is rare. Malignancies most commonly metastasizing to the thyroid are malignant melanoma and carcinoma of the breast, kidney, and lung. Very little is known about thyroid metastases caused by sarcomas. Of these, malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is one of the mos...

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the parotid gland.

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) arising in a major salivary gland is rare. We encountered a case of MFH affecting the parotid gland. The patient was a 54-year-old man diagnosed as having pleomorphic type of MFH after extended total parotidectomy. Examination of the resected specimen revealed the tumor had not been completely removed. Accordingly treatment consisted in the resection...

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the thyroid.

AIMS AND METHODS To study the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the thyroid (MFH-T). Treatment and outcome were analyzed retrospectively in a consecutive series of 12 patients with primary MFH-T treated at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from 1987 to 2007. RESULTS All 12 patients underwent surgery; surgery a...

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

Calvarial malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the central nervous system (CNS) is uncommon. We report cases of two young patients of MFH arising from the cranial meninges and involving the adjacent skull and scalp. There was infiltration of the brain in one case. Both the lesions were excised and primary scalp repair was performed.