title: [Malignant fibrous histiocytoma: productive use of imaging procedures].
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of soft tissue is a rare tumor. We present a case of MFH in the bicipital muscle. Local muscle hypertrophy or lesions of the long tendon of the bicipital muscle may be a difficult differential diagnosis. This case is used for outlining advantages of ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. In conventional radiography MFH is seen as a soft-tissue tumor sometimes involving the bone. CT is the best way to test bone involvement. Tumor extension will be assessed with great accuracy by means of ultrasonics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Radiologie, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomczak
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rilinger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Häberle
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeitler
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Friedrich
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Das maligne fibröse Histiozytom: Sinnvoller Einsatz der bildgebenden Verfahren.