Malignant fibrous histiocytoma developing in bone 44 years after shrapnel trauma.
Tumors induced by foreign bodies are uncommon in humans, but they are a relatively common occurrence in some experimental animals. The development of sarcoma in association with metallic foreign bodies has rarely been reported. The development of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a 65-year-old man 44 years after shrapnel fragments lodged in his left arm is described. The literature regarding metallic foreign body-induced cancer in humans is reviewed.
Lindeman
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
McKay
M J
MJ
Taubman
K L
KL
Bilous
A M
AM
D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors