title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the conjunctiva.
abstract: We report the clinical and pathological findings in a case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the conjunctiva of a 60-year-old man. The patient initially had an atypical limbal lesion, resembling a pterygium, which was excised. Two local recurrences, noted during the following year, were treated by surgical excision followed by cryotherapy. Histopathologic examination of the conjunctival lesions showed a stromal neoplastic infiltrate composed of atypical spindle cells and histiocytelike cells. The immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies suggested that the tumor was composed of various cellular elements: fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, and histiocytes.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000378:metabolism; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism; D000097382:CD68 Molecule