title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, myxoid variant metastatic to the oral cavity. Report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary and metastatic malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the oral cavity is exceedingly rare. A review of the literature yielded only nine cases of primary MFH and no reports of MFH metastatic to this area. We report a case of recurrent malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the myxoid type arising in the soft tissue of the lower extremity and metastasizing to the gingiva as the typical storiform fibrous variant.
mesh_terms: D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged