Yonsei Med J.  2004 Aug;45(4):736-738. 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.4.736.

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH) in Axilla

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  • 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. eunju 327@hotmail.com
  • 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Palpable axilla mass in woman is relatively rare. Almost all palpable lumps in axilla are axillarys accessory breasts without mass lesion. All diseases develop in breast can also develop in axillarys accessory breasts and other soft tissue mass can occur in axilla. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most common malignant soft tissue tumor, but axillarys MFH is extremely rare. We report our experience with a 75-year-old woman with MFH in axilla, treated with wide excision.

Keyword

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; axilla

MeSH Terms

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Axilla/*pathology
Female
Histiocytoma, Fibrous/*pathology/surgery/ultrasonography
Humans
Necrosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery/ultrasonography
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