title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma developing in a burn scar.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) which is usually originated from muscles and deep fascia and rarely from the subcutaneous tissue is the most common soft tissue sarcoma; and it frequently invades the extremities. Occurrence of this tumor on a burn scar of scalp is a very rare entity. In the literature, there were only four reported malign fibrous histiocytoma cases that originated from a burn scar but none of them was at the scalp region. A female patient complaining about a painful mass at the scalp region was admitted to our clinic twenty years after burning with hot water when she was 3 years old. Pathological and clinical features of this rapidly growing malignant fibrous histiocytoma were similar with the other cases reported before. After the diagnosis was clear as a pleomorphic storiform type of MFH, a wide tumor excision was done because of the high risk of local recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sişli Etfal State Hospital, Sişli/Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uğurlu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabukçuoğlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sanus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery