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Post radiation inflammatory malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from the chest wall
M Nonaka1, M Kadokura, F Ohkubo
1First Department of Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.
Abstract:
A 59-year-old man who underwent radiation therapy (41 Gy) to the mediastinum through the anterior chest for Hodgkin's disease presented with a painful anterior chest wall tumor 18 years later. The tumor originated from the left parasternal region and was excised with the sternum. Chest wall reconstruction was performed. The tumor measured 45 x 45 mm and invaded the sternum. The pathologic diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Early and complete excision of the tumor is indicated.