Bone and gallium scan findings in malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Case report with radiographic and pathologic correlation

Clin Nucl Med. 1987 Jan;12(1):17-21. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198701000-00004.

Abstract

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is the most common soft tissue malignancy in adults. The Ga-67 citrate scan findings of an extremity-located MFH, the most common location of this neoplasm, have never been published in English language journals to the best of the authors' knowledge. Ga-67 citrate and Tc-99m MDP scans of the thigh mass accurately depicted the tumor's local extent, including the presence of central ischemic necrosis within the tumor, and the absence of adjacent osseous involvement and distant metastases, as correlated with computed tomography, angiography, and pathologic examinations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Femur / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnostic imaging*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
  • Thigh / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate