Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the bone is a very rare tumour mainly affecting long bones, and the most common presenting symptom is local pain. A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma presenting with pyrexia of undetermined origin and arising in the sternum, a localization not previously described, is reported. The patient died with septic shock after multi-drug chemotherapy including high dose methotrexate treatment with citrovorum factor rescue.

Grieco, A., Caputo, S., Silvestri, E., Caradonna, P., Bertoli, A., Greco, A. (1989). Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of sternum: an unusual cause of pyrexia of undetermined origin. POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL, 65(770), 926-928.

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of sternum: an unusual cause of pyrexia of undetermined origin

BERTOLI, ALDO;
1989-12-01

Abstract

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the bone is a very rare tumour mainly affecting long bones, and the most common presenting symptom is local pain. A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma presenting with pyrexia of undetermined origin and arising in the sternum, a localization not previously described, is reported. The patient died with septic shock after multi-drug chemotherapy including high dose methotrexate treatment with citrovorum factor rescue.
dic-1989
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA
English
Fever; Diagnosis, Differential; Bone Neoplasms; Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous; Humans; Adult; Sternum; Male
Grieco, A., Caputo, S., Silvestri, E., Caradonna, P., Bertoli, A., Greco, A. (1989). Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of sternum: an unusual cause of pyrexia of undetermined origin. POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL, 65(770), 926-928.
Grieco, A; Caputo, S; Silvestri, E; Caradonna, P; Bertoli, A; Greco, A
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