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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 33(2): 106-108
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014098
Case Report

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Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Mediastinum

I. Besznyák1 , E. Svastits1 , G. Krasznai2 , Z. Szentirmay3
  • 1Department of Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary,
  • 2Department of Histopathology, Hetenyi Geza Hospital, Szolnok County, Hungary
  • 3Department of Histopathology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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1984

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the right postero-superior mediastinum in a 43-year-old male patient is presented. He was operated on and a part of the tumor including the infiltrated second segment of the lung was resected. At reoperation, the great vessels were found infiltrated by the tumor and radical exstirpation could not be carried out. The patient died 4 months after discovery of his disease due to further growth of the tumor. This case is the fifth malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the mediastinum described in the world literature.

Key words

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma - Mediastinal tumor