## BACKGROUND. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma in adults; it occurs frequently in the extremities, the trunk, or retroperitoneal tissues. MFH rarely is detected in digestive organs, such as the liver or stomach. ## METHODS. The authors report a
Angiomatoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma: Flow cytometric DNA analysis of six cases
โ Scribed by Adel K. El-Naggar; Jae Y. Ro; Alberto G. Ayala; William W. Hinchey; Fadi W. Abdul-Karim; John G. Batsakis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 558 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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โฆ Synopsis
Using flow cytometry, we examined the DNA content of six angiomatoid "malignant" fibrous histiocytomas (AMFH), seven nonangiomatoid MFH, and seven myxoid variants of MFH. All six AMFHs were diploid. All nonangiomatoid MFHs and six of seven of the myxoid variant were aneuploid. The clinical course, histological appearance, and ploidy pattern of AMFH are distinctly different from other MFH variants. These differences strongly suggest that AMFH is at the benign end of the clinicobiologic spectrum manifested by ''malignant" fibrous histiocytomas.
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