title: Myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the breast: report of a case.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma, but it rarely develops as a primary tumor in the breast. Furthermore, no case of the myxoid variant of MFH in the breast has ever been documented. We report the case of a 52-year-old woman with a breast tumor that was immunohistochemically confirmed to be myxoid MFH. She underwent a radical mastectomy and is currently well with no evidence of local recurrence or metastatic spread after 3 years of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ajisaka
authors.forename: Kiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miwa
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged