Combined pulmonary lobectomy for surgical treatment of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall: a case report.
BACKGROUND
A malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) rarely originates from the chest wall.


RESULTS
In this case, we describe a 59-year-old Chinese woman who presented with an enormous mass originating from the left chest wall and involving the left upper pulmonary lobe.


METHODS
After a radical en-block resection of the entire chest mass with left upper pulmonary lobectomy, and the chest wall reconstruction, a histopathologic diagnosis of the giant cell MFH was rendered. She has done well postoperatively, showing no local recurrence or distal disease in an 8-month follow-up period.


CONCLUSIONS
Although a MFH originating from the chest wall is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a chest wall tumor.
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Yi
Y
Liu
Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 30052, China. chengang450@163.com.
Gang
G
Chen
Yi
Y
Wu
Renwang
R
Liu
Song
S
Xu
Jun
J
Chen
Qinghua
Q
Zhou
D005260:Female; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*