Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone treated by resection and prosthesis: a case report.
This is a case report of a fifty-year old female patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone well localised in the distal metaphysis of the right femur. It was treated by 'en bloc' resection and replacement with a purpose-made polymethylmethacrylate prosthesis and a Waldius-type knee replacement. The diagnosis was confirmed by electron microscopy. The patient had good function of the limb and was symptom free two years later.
D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography