title: Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the spleen--an extremely rare entity.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a frequently occurring soft tissue tumour with aggressive biological behaviour. Primary MFH of the spleen, however, is an exceedingly rare occurrence. Herein, we report a case of such a neoplasm in a 66-year-old female. The tumour was well localised within the spleen and the patient remains alive and well 34 months after splenectomy without any adjuvant therapy. A brief discussion and review of the few cases of primary splenic MFH previously reported in the English language literature is included.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. dvmantas@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mantas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papachristodoulou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery