title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the mesentery--a rare cause of abdominal pain. Case report with a review of literature.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a tumor most frequently occurring in lower and upper extremities and in retroperitoneum. This paper presents the extremely rare case of a 55-year-old male patient with a MFH of storiform pleomorphic subtype originating from the mesentery. Sonography, computed tomography as well as endoscopy and ERCP did not reveal the diagnosis. Finally the tumor was diagnosed by laparoscopy with biopsy and histological examination. Two months after diagnosis of the tumor the patient died of bronchopneumony and heart failure contracted during a generalisation of MFH.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beham
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uranüs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frühwirth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lederer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimpfinger
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology