title: Solitary pancreatic metastasis of malignant fibrous histiocytoma treated by distal pancreatectomy.
abstract: A tumor in the body of the pancreas was detected in a 31-year-old man who had undergone a resection of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the left distal femur 2 years before. The patient underwent a distal pancreatectomy with regional lymph node dissection. The surgical specimen revealed MFH metastatic to the pancreas. He is alive without recurrence or metastasis at 1 year after pancreatectomy. This case seems to be the first report of successfully resected pancreatic metastasis of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the published literature, as far as we can determine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahasi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed