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...

Fig 1. Intra-operative view of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of greater omentum. A 55-YEAR-OLD CAUCASIAN WOMAN was admitted to our hospital complaining of abdominal pain. Her past medical history was not significant and she had no previous history of abdominal trauma. On physical examination a firm, not-fixed mass about 20 cm in diameter was found in the upper abdomen. Standard blood tests and...

The patient underwent radical excision of the tumor with a safety margin of 1 cm circumferentially and total parotidectomy, which resulted in a cosmetic defect of the right face that was immediately reconstructed by a local bi-lobed flap (Figure 3). The parotid gland was not involved by tumor. No partial or complete facial dysfunction was noted. The pathological examination revealed a high-grad...

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma MFH is an aggressive spindle cell cancer and is the most common soft tissue tumor in the elderly, primarily affecting the extremities. It has high metastatic potential and can spread to various viscera including liver, lung, bone, and brain; however, cardiac metastasis is an extreme rarity. Here, we present a 50-year-old male, diagnosed as pleiomorhphic storiform ...

Malignant kidney neoplasms are the most frequently encountered solid kidney masses. Although renal cell carcinoma is the major renal malignancy, other solid malignant renal masses should be considered in the differential diagnosis of solid renal masses that do not contain a macroscopic fatty component. In this pictorial essay, we present the imaging findings of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor...