[Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the hand]

Most soft tissue sarcomas are malignant tumors of the mesodermal tissue of the head and neck, trunk, retroperitoneum or extremities, although neurosarcomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors are of ectodermal origin. Soft-tissue sarcomas of the upper extremity constitute 14% of all soft-tissue sarcomas, they are one third as common as those of the lower extremity. A case of patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the fourth finger of the left hand is presented. (Tab. 2, Fig. 10, Ref. 15.)