Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart. A case report.
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a recently recognised common sarcoma of late adult life which, rarely, may arise in the heart. Unlike the atrial myxoma, which it may mimic clinically, malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a far more aggressive tumour with a greater tendency for local recurrence and infiltration. A case of a primary intracardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma is reported and relevant published reports reviewed.
Rose
A G
AG
Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town.
Commerford
P J
PJ
Cooper
D K
DK
Reichart
B A
BA
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology