title: Rectus abdominis muscle malignant fibrous histiocytoma causing a large abdominal wall defect: reconstruction with biological mesh.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a common soft tissue sarcoma usually involving limbs and retroperitoneum. MFH of the rectus abdominis muscle is extremely rare. Surgery in similar cases leads to large abdominal wall defects needing reconstruction. Biological and synthetic laminar absorbable prostheses are available for the repair of hernia defects in the abdominal wall. They share the important feature of being gradually degraded in the host, resulting the formation of a neotissue. We herein report the case of an 84-year-old man with MFH of the rectus abdominis muscle which was resected and the large abdominal wall defect was successfully repaired with a biological mesh.
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falidas
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gourgiotis
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goudeli
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathioulakis
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7216-1151
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vlachos
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Department, 417 NIMTS Military Veterans' Fund Hospital of Athens, 12 Monis Petraki, 11521 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villias