Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the breast with axillary lymph node involvement.
This case history describes a 70-year-old female patient with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the breast with secondary involvement of the skin and axillary lymph node metastases. We think that in the case of a MFH of the breast a radical or modified radical mastectomy should be pursued instead of a simple mastectomy.
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness