Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2007 Nov;40(11):786-788.

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung: A case report

• Kim DH
• Park JC
• Kim JH
• Kim BS

Abstract

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung is extremely rare. A 12-year-old child was admitted to the hospital due to an incidentally detected lung mass. A 2.5 x 2.5 cm sized mass located in the right lower lobe was seen on the chest X-ray, the chest computed tomogram and the positron emission tomogram. We resected the mass through a right lateral thoracotomy and the mass was revealed to be a malignant spindle cell neoplasm on the frozen section diagnosis. So, we performed lobectomy of the right lower lobe with systemic dissection of the mediastinal lymph nodes; the final histopathological diagnosis of the mass was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 7 and adjuvant chemotherapy was not applied.

Keyword

Lung neoplasms; Fibrous histiocytoma

MeSH Terms

Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Child
Diagnosis
Electrons
Frozen Sections
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Lung*
Lymph Nodes
Thoracotomy
Thorax