A case of pulmonary malignant fibrous histiocytoma associated with pulmonary artery obstruction

K H In; H J Byun; K H Kang; J S Kim; S H Yoo

doi:10.3904/kjim.1990.5.1.79

A case of pulmonary malignant fibrous histiocytoma associated with pulmonary artery obstruction

Korean J Intern Med. 1990 Jan;5(1):79-82. doi: 10.3904/kjim.1990.5.1.79.

Authors

K H In¹, H J Byun, K H Kang, J S Kim, S H Yoo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul.

Abstract

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFM) is among the most common soft tissue sarcoma of adults, but primary MFH of the lung is very rare. We report a case of primary pulmonary MFH associated with pulmonary artery obstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology*
Female
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / complications*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Pulmonary Artery*