METASTASIZED MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA AS A CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT HEMORRHAGE

Authors
BLAAUWWIEKEL EE KOOPAL S KREEFTENBERG HG
Citation
Ee. Blaauwwiekel et al., METASTASIZED MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA AS A CAUSE OF GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT HEMORRHAGE, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 32(12), 1997, pp. 1272-1274
Citations number
6
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365521
Volume
32
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1272 - 1274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5521(1997)32:12<1272:MMFHAA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most frequently diagnosed soft-tissue tumour in adults. Many patients have metastases already at diagnosis. Bleeding metastases in the gastrointestinal tract are very rare. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of ble eding metastasis from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the small bo wel.