Volume 17, Number 2, June 2005
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Takahiko Shibahara,1 Gen Yoshimura,1 Takashi Inoue,2 Chikara Saito3
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, and 3Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral and Maxillofacial Region, Department of Tissue Regeneration and Reconstruction Course for Oral Life Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Abstract
This report is of a 51-year-old man with a large malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the upper neck. The tumour was resected and the patient underwent postoperative radiation therapy. Pathological examination indicated a small number of fibroblast-like cells arranged in a storiform pattern. There was no recurrence or metastasis 5 years and 6 months after surgery.
Key words: Head and neck neoplasms, Histiocytoma, fibrous
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2005;17:135-137.
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