Highlights a rare case of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall initially misdiagnosed as traumatic hemothorax.
Clinicians should consider MFH in atypical post-traumatic hemothorax; leaves open optimal diagnostic strategies for rare chest wall sarcomas.
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), a type of sarcoma, is a malignant neoplasm with uncertain origins that arise from both the soft tissues and the bone. The occurrence of MFH on the chest wall is extremely rare. We hereby report a case of a 72-year-old woman who was incidentally detected with MFH after a traffic accident.
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