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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 44(6): 321-323
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012048
Case Report

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A Case of Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung Arising as a Third Primary Tumor

J. J. Gómez-Román, J. F. Val-Bernal
  • Department of Anatomical Pathology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, (Cantabria) Spain
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1996

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19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

A case of primary malignant myxoid fibrous histiocytoma of the lung presenting as a solitary lung nodule in a 61-year-old man is presented. This tumor arose in a patient with a transitional-cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder and a well differentiated squamous-cell carcinoma of the larynx. The differential diagnosis between a primary lung tumor versus a solitary metastasis is difficult and was supported by histological features and the lack of epithelial properties proved by immunohistochemistry. Tobacco was the only etiologic factor known in the patient.

Key words

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma - Lung neoplasms