A Case of Myxoid Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma.
- Author:
Seung Yong KIM
;
Dong Sik SHIN
;
Byoung Soo CHUNG
;
Kyu Chul CHOI
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoms
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Child;
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous*;
Humans;
Leg;
Male;
Sarcoma
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1990;28(1):94-98
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adult life and shows a mixed proliferation of both fibroblsstic & histiocytic cells. We report a case of myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving right lower leg in a 68-year-old male patient, who presented with a childs palm-sized nodular mass of 3 years duration. Histoapthologically, the tumor had varying proportion of myxoid cellular components. The myxoid areas showed spindle and pleomorphic cells arranged in a vague storiform pattern, abrupt transition between a solidly cellular area and a myxoid area, and lipoblast-like cells. The cellular areas showed spindle cells arranged in a storiform pattern characteritic of the typical pleomorphic malignant fibrous histiocytorna.
