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Primary osseous malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving a rib
J T Laverdiere1, T G Abrahams, M A Jones
1Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland 04102, USA.
Skeletal Radiology
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case is presented of an 86-year-old man who developed progressive chest wall pain over a 16-month period. Radiologic studies demonstrated lytic destruction of the right fourth rib anterolaterally. A limited thoracotomy led to the diagnosis of malignant fibrous histiocytoma. This represents an unusual primary bone lesion in the rib. A concise discussion of primary MFH of bone including its radiographic appearance, differential diagnosis, and pathology was presented.