Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall. A case report.

Satoshi Yodonawa; Makoto Tomoyasu; Tatsuo Yamamoto; Shigemi Ishikawa; Masataka Onizuka; Kiyofumi Mitsui; Toshio Mitsui

doi:10.2995/jacsurg.13.774

January 1, 1999The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest SurgeryOpen Access

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall. A case report.

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Population

72-year-old female with malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the chest wall

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Intervention

Full-thickness chest wall resection (resection of 3rd to 6th ribs) with reconstruction, followed by chemotherapy (CDDP+IFX)

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Outcome

Recurrence

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the chest wall is rare, with only 22 cases reported in Japan including this one.

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Adds to sparse literature on rare chest wall MFH; leaves optimal management open pending larger studies.

Abstract

症例は72歳女性, 1年前に胸部打撲の既往あるも放置していた.翌年の検診で胸部異常陰影を指摘され近医を受診, 胸部X線, CTにて胸壁腫瘍と診断され当科へ紹介された.経皮針生検にてMalignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) が疑われ胸壁全層切除を伴う腫瘤摘除術を行った.肋骨は第3～6まで4本切除し胸壁欠損部は縫合糸による格子状再建を行った.腫瘍は12×6×5cmで, 異型の強い紡錘形および卵円形の腫瘍細胞が増殖し, storiform-Pleomorphic typeのMFHと診断された.術後CDDP+IFXによる化学療法を行い現在再発の徴候なく外来通院中である.胸壁原発MFHはまれであり, 本邦報告例は自験例を含めても22例のみである.

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