title: Cerebral metastasis from malignant pulmonary fibrous histiocytoma. A case report.
abstract: Within 3 months, a 13-year-old girl had two thoracotomies performed for resection of pulmonary primary and metastatic malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). Seven months following the second operation, a right frontal cerebral metastasis was diagnosed as responsible for the sudden onset of a left hemiparesis. Although she recovered from the craniotomy, and tolerated radiation and chemotherapy, she succumbed 5 months later to recurrent pulmonary involvement. This case report uniquely records the spread of MFH to the brain in a child. The unusual appearance of this tumor in the pediatric age group and its rare presentation intracranially is explored within the context of the current pediatric literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, N.Y.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundrani
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed