Open AccessMalignant mediastinal myxoid tumor and renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kuhara Hajime,
Wakabayashi Takashi,
Kishimoto Hidemasa,
Sadoh Satofumi,
Suzuki Takamoto,
Senda Yoshihiro
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1984.tb07618.x
Subject(s) - pathology , pleomorphism (cytology) , medicine , renal cell carcinoma , differential diagnosis , sarcoma , mediastinum , carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , anatomy
A 69−year‐old man with a malignant mediastinal myxoid tumor and a right renal cell carcinoma died from bilateral compression atelectasis after a two months' clinical course. The mediastinal tumor simulated a myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) because of great pleomorphism of tumor cells, although the histological differential diagnosis of myxoid MFH, other myxoid sarcomas, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma was very difficult. Three reported cases of primary mediastinal MFH are briefly reviewed. Acta pathol. jpn. 34: 881∼887, 1984.