title: Intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma at site of a previously excised low grade glioma.
abstract: The case of a 42-year-old patient is reported who developed an intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma at the site of an oligoastrocytic mixed glioma which had been excised 2 1/2 years previously. Reasons for the extreme rarity of intracranial malignant fibrous histiocytomas, the probability of a traumatic aetiology of this particular tumour, and the possible significance of intratumoural cells positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paulus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peiffer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grote
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000032:analysis; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008866:Microsurgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein