title: Post radiation inflammatory malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from the chest wall.
abstract: A 59-year-old man who underwent radiation therapy (41 Gy) to the mediastinum through the anterior chest for Hodgkin's disease presented with a painful anterior chest wall tumor 18 years later. The tumor originated from the left parasternal region and was excised with the sternum. Chest wall reconstruction was performed. The tumor measured 45 x 45 mm and invaded the sternum. The pathologic diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Early and complete excision of the tumor is indicated.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kadokura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kushihashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunimura
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaba
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed