Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the mediastinum

P Aggarwal; S K Sharma; A B Dey; T K Chattopadhyay; M Mathur

doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.770.929

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the mediastinum

Postgrad Med J. 1989 Dec;65(770):929-31. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.65.770.929.

Authors

P Aggarwal¹, S K Sharma, A B Dey, T K Chattopadhyay, M Mathur

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Abstract

A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the mediastinum presenting with unusual features of fever and leucocytosis is reported. This is the youngest patient reported in the literature who had this tumour in the mediastinum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy
Female
Fever / etiology
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / complications
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnostic imaging
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
Humans
Leukocytosis / etiology
Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed