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Published on: September 4, 2012
Cardiac metastasis in malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Aejaz A Sheikh1, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abdul R Lone
1Department of Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Abstract:
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma MFH is an aggressive spindle cell cancer and is the most common soft tissue tumor in the elderly, primarily affecting the extremities. It has high metastatic potential and can spread to various viscera including liver, lung, bone, and brain; however, cardiac metastasis is an extreme rarity. Here, we present a 50-year-old male, diagnosed as pleiomorhphic storiform MFH a of right arm who developed parenchymal pulmonary metastases and a mass lesion in left atrium. Patient had a downhill course and eventually succumbed.
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