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Kyung-Hwa Cho1, Chul Park, Ki-Eun Hwang
1Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
Abstract:
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, a type of sarcoma, is a malignant neoplasm with uncertain origin that arises in both the soft tissues and the bone. The occurrence of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the pleura is extremely rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old Korean man who is being diagnosed with primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the pleura.
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