title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) arising within a cholecystectomy incision: a cause-and-effect relationship is possible between previous surgery and the development of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma within the operative site.
abstract: We present a report of a patient who, after an uneventful cholecystectomy, developed an incisional mass that proved to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma and had to be excised. Five months later, the patient developed a similar incisional mass, which was shown to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma and again had to be excised. The rarity of such a case and the details of the patient's case history are reported. The implications of a possible relationship between previous surgery, the patient's healing response, and the development of these tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio 44501.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spirtos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qadri
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing