Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Aug;40(8):975-979.
Two Cases of Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. eslee@smc.samsung.co.kr
Abstract
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma(MFH) was first introduced referring to a group of soft tissue tumors characterized by a storiform or cartwheel-like growth pattern. MFH is an aggressive soft-tissue sarcoma that most commonly occurs in the skeletal muscle of the extremities or retroperitoneum of adults. We report 2 cases of MFH occurring in 59-year-old man and 57-year-old woman. In the first case, the tumor occurred in right upper arm and has been removed totally. It was consisted of storiform, pleomorphic and myxoid area. In the second case, a painful nodule developed in right shin where the tumor had been excised 1 year ago. A biopsy revealed plump spindle cells appearing in a storiform-pleomorphic pattern.
