title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the trunk metastatic to the liver: treatment with transcatheter intrahepatic chemoembolization.
abstract: We report a patient with symptomatic liver metastases as the sole site of recurrence of a previously resected malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the trunk. We treated the patient with two sessions of transcatheter chemoembolization. Tumor regression was achieved, and the patient remained free of symptoms 23 months after the diagnosis of liver involvement, when he died of acute myocardial infarction. To our knowledge, this is the only case of transcatheter chemoembolization of liver metastases from soft-tissue sarcoma reported in the literature. Although it is a single case, it shows that this method may be a promising therapy for this grave disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Radiology, Medical School, Athens University, Eugenidion Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Brountzos
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Panagiotou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bafaloukos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Magoulas
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kelekis
mesh_terms: D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D015251:Epirubicin; D016685:Mitomycin; D007459:Iodized Oil; D016190:Carboplatin