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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) arising within a cholecystectomy incision: A cause-and-effect relationship is possible between previous surgery and the development of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma within the operative site
✍ Scribed by George Spirtos; Alam Qadri; Alexander K. Phillips
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 492 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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✦ Synopsis
We present a report of a patient who, after an uneventful cholecystectomy, developed an incisional mass that proved to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma and had to be excised. Five months later, the patient developed a similar incisional mass, which was shown to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma and again had to be excised. The rarity of such a case and the details of the patient's case history are reported. The implications of a possible relationship between previous surgery, the patient's healing response, and the development of these tumors are discussed.