Atypical fibrous histiocytoma is a distinctive variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma, which is often mistaken histologically for sarcoma and which have a tendency to recur locally and a capacity to metastasize, although very rarely. We report a new case of atypical cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma in a 31-year-old man who presented with a recurrent polypoid nodule on the abdominal wall. The d...

purpose: to assess the histopathological and immunohistochemical features of orbital spindle cell tumors. methods: a descriptive, retrospective study was performed on 63 pathology reports on all types of orbital spindle cell tumors at the pathology department of farabi hospital between 1995 and 2005. immunohistochemistry studies for different markers, such as smooth muscle actin, desmin, s100 p...

AIM To describe potential beneficial effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the treatment of unresectable/metastatic fibrous histiocytoma. METHODS We report a case of advanced stage fibrous histiocytoma with locally recurrent disease plus lung and bone metastatic deposits. Patient was treated with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib. RESULTS Treatment with Sunitinib resulted in disease...

Vol. 27, No. 5, 2015 643 Received September 17, 2014, Revised January 5, 2015, Accepted for publication February 4, 2015 Corresponding author: Hyojin Kim, Department of Dermatology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 75 Bokji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47392, Korea. Tel: 82-51-890-6135, Fax: 82-51897-6391, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed...

To cite: Gupta DS, Bumb SS, Jain A, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014203934 DESCRIPTION Benign fibrous histiocytoma (BFH) is tumour consisting of a mixture of fibroblastic and histiocytic cells. The occurrence of BFH in the head and neck region, especially in the oral cavity, has been rarely reported. A 19-year-old woman presented with co...