PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jung-Hyun Kim
AU  - Sang-Ho Cho
AU  - Eun-Kyung Kim
AU  - Ji-Hyun Lee
AU  - Hye-Cheol Jeong
TI  - Endobronchial Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A Case Report of an Unusual Presentation and Palliative Flexible Bronchoscopic Resection
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.01996
DP  - 2012 Dec 11
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - respcare.01996
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2012/12/11/respcare.01996.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2012/12/11/respcare.01996.full
AB  - Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the lung is a very rare neoplasm, which usually presents as a parenchymal mass. Here, we report an unusual case of primary MFH of the bronchus showing relatively benign clinical features. We performed a palliative resection via flexible bronchoscopy using a polypectomy snare. The patient has survived for over 2 years of being diagnosed with an endobronchial mass, later found to be MFH, and 14 months post-debulking. There is a possibility that endobronchial MFH has a more favorable prognosis than MFH of other origins. If this is true, interventional bronchoscopy can be a reasonable option for non-operable cases of MFH.