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[Metastatic brain tumor originating from the cardiac sarcoma]
J Sasaki1, N Hayashi, S Nakamura
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery
|January 1, 1988
Summary
This case study reports a rare instance of malignant fibrous histiocytoma with brain and heart metastasis. The patient presented with neurological symptoms and rapidly progressing heart failure, ultimately succumbing to systemic disease.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Neuropathology
- Cardiovascular Pathology
Background:
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma.
- Cerebral and cardiac involvement by MFH is exceptionally uncommon.
- Metastatic spread of MFH typically occurs to the lungs, lymph nodes, and bone.