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Document Details : Title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart: a case report Author(s): S.-C. Hsieh , C.-Y. Chen , W.P. Chan Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Date: 2010 Pages: 85-87 DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.1.2045895 Abstract : Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) in the heart is rare. We present a case of a 38-year-old woman with histologically confirmed MFHs in the left atrium, liver and bone.The patient presented with shortness of breath and right shoulder pain. A plain radiograph showed an osteolytic lesion at the neck of the humerus on the right side. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed a lobulated tumour occupying the cardiac left atrium and a large heterogeneously enhancing mass in the liver and osteolytic metastasis in the thoracic spine. The patient underwent complete resection of the cardiac tumour, and histology showed a high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma – an MFH. Biopsy of the lesions on the right shoulder and in the liver also showed the same histologic diagnosis. |
