Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma, but rarely originates in the chest wall. Surgical resection is considered to be the most reliable treatment, however, no consensus has been reached concerning the best treatment for unresectable MFH. The current study presents the case of a 77-year-old male with MFH of the chest wall. The patient developed a pa...

INTRODUCTION Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a very common subtype of soft-tissue sarcoma in middle and late adulthood. However, malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the testis is very rare in adolescents. CASE PRESENTATION We report here the case of a 14-year-old Han Chinese boy, who presented with left scrotal mass lasting for 20 days along with distending pain for 5 days. A physical examina...

Fibrous histiocytoma is a benign tumour composed of a mixture of fibroblastic and histiocytic cells. Based on the location of this tumour, fibrous histiocytoma are usually divided into cutaneous types and those involving deep tissues. These lesions most often arise on the skin, but may rarely occur in soft deep tissues. The diagnosis of fibrous histiocytoma may be clinically difficult when the ...

conclusions primary mesenteric tumors are rare and mostly benign tumors. complete surgical excision is necessary for all tumors and follow-up is necessary after surgery for malignant fibrous histiocytoma due to recurrence. case presentation we encountered four cases of different primary mesenteric neoplasms that were operated at the gazi yasargil teaching and research hospital, department of ge...

SUMMARY Occurance of Malignant Fihrous Histiocytoma (MFH) of the spermatic cord as a primary source is so rare that since I 967 Just 12 of such cases have heen reported (4,8, 10). MFH is one of the pleomorphic soft tissue Malignant tumors which has been studied for first time by Ozzello and Co workers on 1963. The Tumor ong1nates from primary Mesenchymal cells which have both histocytic & fi...

This report concerns a case of primary de-novo origin malignant fibrous histiocytoma of breast in a 32 years young lady involving almost the entire right breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast mass suggested a malignant spindle cell lesion. Then she was treated by simple mastectomy followed by chest wall irradiation. Histopathology together with immunohistochemistry confirmed the...

Primary intra-abdominal malignant mesenchymal tumours are very rare and there are not many cases of visceral malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the English literature. We report a new case of abdominal malignant fibrous histiocytoma presenting as abdominal pain and pyrexia of unknown origin in a 54 year old female followed by a brief review of literature. Presentation with pyrexia of unknown ori...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the lung is a type of rare sarcoma which showed a lack of detailed guidance about treatment and prognosis. The clinical features, treatment methods and prognosis of primary MFH of the lung were analyzed by this study to reveal some information of this disease. METHODS The clinical data and survival state of 20 patients w...