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Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and metastases from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Author(s) -
Daly Peter A.,
Chang Paul,
Goodman Lee,
Wiernik Peter H.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19800201)45:3<595::aid-cncr2820450327>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic osteoarthropathy , pathology , lung , metastasis , soft tissue , mesenchymal stem cell , cancer
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a recently accepted member of the mesenchymal group of tumors. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is rarely seen with metastatic lung disease but when it occurs it is most frequently described with sarcomatous tumor metastases. In the case reported here, this phenomenon developed with pulmonary metastases from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma, indicating that this tumor resembles other sarcomas in giving rise to this unusual clinical syndrome.