MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA OF UPPER-LIMB BY EXCISION OF TUMOR, FREE RECTUS-ABDOMINIS MUSCLE TRANSFER AND BRACHYTHERAPY

Citation
P. Benmeir et al., MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA OF UPPER-LIMB BY EXCISION OF TUMOR, FREE RECTUS-ABDOMINIS MUSCLE TRANSFER AND BRACHYTHERAPY, European journal of plastic surgery, 17(1), 1994, pp. 36-37
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
36 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1994)17:1<36:MFHOUB>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left forearm is descri bed. The clinicopathological findings are reviewed and the salvage tre atment, which included excision and immediate reconstruction with a fr ee rectus abdominis muscle flap followed by brachytherapy is reported. The literature is reviewed and the advantages of this particular trea tment are emphasized.