Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Chest Wall Misdiagnosed as Traumatic Hemothorax

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), a type of sarcoma, is a malignant neoplasm with uncertain origins that arise from both the soft tissues and the bone. The occurrence of MFH on the chest wall is extremely rare. We hereby report a case of a 72-year-old woman who was incidentally detected with MFH...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Ki-Eun, Hwang, June-Seong, Kim, Kyung-Min, Jung, Jae-Wan, Oh, Su-Jin, Kim, Eun-Kyoung, Ryu, Dae-Woon, Choi, Keum-Ha, Jeong, Eun-Taik, Kim, Hak-Ryul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024723
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2014.76.6.289
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Sumario:Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), a type of sarcoma, is a malignant neoplasm with uncertain origins that arise from both the soft tissues and the bone. The occurrence of MFH on the chest wall is extremely rare. We hereby report a case of a 72-year-old woman who was incidentally detected with MFH after a traffic accident.

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