A Case of Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung

Kim, Joong Sik; Kim, Bang Sun; Moon, Hwa Sik; Lee, Wan Kook; Ro, Jae Cheol; Park, Seung Hak; Pyun, Hae Won; Seo, Eun Joo

doi:1987.34.3.254

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 34(3); 1987 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1987;34(3):254-259.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1987.34.3.254 Published online September 1, 1987.

A Case of Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung

Joong Sik Kim¹, Bang Sun Kim², Hwa Sik Moon², Wan Kook Lee², Jae Cheol Ro², Seung Hak Park², Hae Won Pyun², Eun Joo Seo³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Dong Boo City Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic Medcial College, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Clinicopatholoy, , Catholic Medcial College, Seoul, Korea

폐에 발생한 원발성 악성 섬유성 조직구종 1예

김중식¹, 김방선², 문화식², 이완국², 노재철², 박성학², 변해원², 서은주³

Abstract

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma was originally considered as a rare variant of common benign fibrous histiocytoma, but recently reclassified as a distinct form of sarcoma. A storiform pattern with admixture of fibroblasts and histiocytes, as well as xanthomatous and giant cells, is characteristic histological findings. This tumor is a deep seated soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk. Although the lung is a frequent site for distant metastasis of this tumor, primary malignant fibrous histicoytoma of the lung is quite rare. We present a case of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the lung with a discussion of its clinical and pathological manifestations