[A case report of pulmonary metastasis of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) accompanied by mediastinal lymph node metastasis]

Kyobu Geka. 1993 Dec;46(13):1149-51.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Mediastinal lymph node metastasis associated with pulmonary metastasis is rarely seen in soft tissue sarcoma. A case is presented in which investigation of primary lung cancer (cT2N2M0) in a 78-year-old woman with a history of MFH of the left thigh revealed pulmonary metastasis of MFH accompanied by paratracheal (#2) and anterior mediastinal (#3a) lymph node metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / secondary*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Mediastinum
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*