title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma developing in a burn scar.
abstract: A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) developing in a burn scar is presented. The patient was burnt at 3 years of age and 25 years later, a rapidly growing tumour developed in the burn scar. MFH was diagnosed by light and electron microscopy and by an immunoperoxidase method. This complication of a burn scar has not been previously reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors