Malignant fibrous histiocytoma: vascular invasion and metastasis to heart.
Two cases of biopsy-proven malignant fibrous histiocytoma are presented which showed local as well as vascular spread resulting in cardiac metastasis and peri-and postoperative complications leaving palliative surgery as the prime management.
Jamali
Allah Rakhio
AR
Department of Orthopaedics, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. orthojpmc@yahoo.com
Jamali
Seemin
S
Bhatti
Anisuddin
A
Majid
Abdul
A
Mehboob
Ghulam
G
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*