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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising on chronic osteomyelitis
Author(s) -
Foti C,
Giannelli G,
Berloco A,
Mascolo V,
Ingravallo G,
Giardina C
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00537.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , malignancy , subcutaneous tissue , neoplasm , hematologic malignancy , pathology , dermatology , surgery
Abstract We present a case of a primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the skin (MFH) arising on chronic osteomyelitis in a 67‐year‐old woman. Although this condition seems to be a predisposing factor for the onset of the malignancy, MFH complicating chronic osteomyelitis is generally localized at the level of the bone tissue. In the case we report the neoplasm was primitively localized at the dermal and subcutaneous level and presented as a rapidly growing mass.