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Skull infarction in a patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma
C E Nagle1, S J Morayati, M A LeDuc
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan 48098.
Abstract:
The authors describe a case of a skull infarction initially suspected to be an isolated, remote metastasis in a patient diagnosed with soft tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Osseous malignant fibrous histiocytoma has been reported to occur within a bone infarction but the presence of a benign bone infarction remote from a soft tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma has not been reported previously. Bone infarctions and malignant fibrous histiocytomas are briefly reviewed.
Insights
This case study discusses a skull bone infarction mistaken for metastasis in a patient with soft tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma. It highlights a rare occurrence of a benign bone infarction distant from this type of tumor.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Pathology
- Radiology
Background:
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma.
- Osseous MFH can arise within bone infarcts.
- The occurrence of a benign bone infarction remote from MFH is not previously documented.