A CASE OF MALIGNANT FIBROUS Histiocytoma

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman with a tumor in the left maxillary sinus was found to have malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which is a common tumor occurring mostly in the soft tissue, but rarely in the head and neck regions.
Repeated resections of the tumor were followed by recurrences. Chemotherapy and cryosurgery were performed without showing significant response.
The patient died in two years of the initial diagnosis. The authors presumed that the case belonged to MFH-F type, which usually shows very poor prognosis.