title: [Malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the area of a total endoprosthesis of the hip joint].
abstract: Up to now 8 cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma are reported in whom the tumor had developed after total hip replacement. Direct contact between tumor and prosthesis was proved in 7 cases. We report on a female patient of 74 years of age in whom a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the gluteal region had formed 15 years after total hip replacement. Tumor was located in the old operation scar. Not only a direct effect of the foreign material, but also the scar has to be regarded as an etiological factor in pathogenesis of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Pathologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theegarten
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sardisong
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Philippou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Malignes fibröses Histiocytom im Bereich einer Totalendoprothese des Hüftgelenkes.