Intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a 5-year-old girl.
A case of primary intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) in 5-year-old girl is presented, the eighteenth case so described in modern literature. A lobulated, heterogenous mass lesion with a haemorragic component was present in our case' s MRI. A review of the literature on MFH of the pediatric age group was done to establish guidelines for standard treatment modalities in primary intracerebral MFH.
Bora
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Turkey.
Oztürk
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Akmansu
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Yenidunya
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Egehan
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging