title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the anterior mediastinum.
abstract: The origin of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the anterior mediastinum is rare. A 71-year-old man was referred to our department for treatment of a tumor 15 cm in diameter originating in the anterior mediastinum. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma was suspected after a percutaneous needle biopsy. Systemic screening showed no other organ involvement, and the tumor was considered to be a primary mediastinal tumor. The tumor, resected through a median sternotomy, was well encapsulated and resection was complete. The pathological diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma originating in the anterior mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed