Primary Pulmonary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is one of the most common adult soft tissue sarcomas. MFH is very aggressive and is most often found in the extremities and the retroperitoneum, but it can manifest at other sites. Though the lungs are the most common sites of metastasis, they rarely present ther...

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Published in:	Case reports in pulmonology Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors:	Mangar, Devanand, Sommers, Keith E., Gandhi, Yogesh S., Patel, Devin P., Camporesi, Enrico M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2015 Hindawi Limited
Subjects:	Case Report
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Summary:	Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is one of the most common adult soft tissue sarcomas. MFH is very aggressive and is most often found in the extremities and the retroperitoneum, but it can manifest at other sites. Though the lungs are the most common sites of metastasis, they rarely present there as a primary tumor. Our report describes a rare case of a primary MFH tumor in the lung. Careful diagnostic procedure should be followed to ensure the tumor does not have extrapulmonary origins. Though MFH is highly invasive and deadly, surgical excision of the tumor has been shown to be successful.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Academic Editor: Akif Turna
ISSN:	2090-6846 2090-6854
DOI:	10.1155/2015/381276