21 December 2014
: Case report 
Storiform-Pleomorphic Type of Multifocal Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lumbar Spine
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease
Aykut AkpinarABCDEFG, Cengiz Omer OzdemirABDF, Necati UclerABCDEF, Haci Mehmet InanABCDEFGDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.891290
Am J Case Rep 2014; 15:565-568
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We present the extremely rare case of a 67-year-old male with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, arising in the lumbar spine, demonstrated with radiological and pathological studies.
CASE REPORT: The patient and his relatives refused open surgical approach and we performed transpedicular vertebral corpus biopsy and vertebroplasty under spinal anesthesia. His pathological result was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The spine is a very uncommon site for malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
CONCLUSIONS: The management of malignant fibrous histiocytoma relies on the combination of maximum decompression surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Total removal is unrealistic and diagnosis is difficult. The prognosis in terms of continuing neurological deficit after surgery appears to be poor.
Keywords: Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous - surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae, Spinal Neoplasms - surgery
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