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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone treated by resection and prosthesis: A case report

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This is a case report of a fifty-year old female patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone well localised in the distal metaphysis of the right femur. It was treated by ‘en bloc’ resection and replacement with a purpose-made polymethylmethacrylate prosthesis and a Waldius-type knee replacement. The diagnosis was confirmed by electron microscopy. The patient had good function of the limb and was symptom free two years later.

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Chez une malade de 50 ans un histiocytome osseux fibreux malin, localisé à la métaphyse distale du fémur droit, a été reconnu par l'histologie et confirmé par la microscopie électronique.

Elle a été traitée par résection «en bloc» et mise en place d'une prothèse de polyméthylacrylate faite sur mesure et comportant une articulation du genou type Waldius.

La malade a été revue deux ans après, sans récidive.

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    P. A. Bravo, V. D. Mena & E. Chicharro

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Bravo, P.A., Mena, V.D. & Chicharro, E. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone treated by resection and prosthesis: A case report. International Orthopaedics 7, 105–111 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266459

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