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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Sarcoma > Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue > Histiocytoma > Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue > Histiocytoma > Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous

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Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fibrohistiocytic Tumor, Malignant
  • Fibrohistiocytic Tumors, Malignant
  • Malignant Fibrohistiocytic Tumor
  • Malignant Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
  • Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
  • Tumor, Malignant Fibrohistiocytic
  • Tumors, Malignant Fibrohistiocytic

Note

  • do not confuse with MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS, a lymphoma; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

Scope note

  • The most commonly diagnosed soft tissue sarcoma. It is a neoplasm with a fibrohistiocytic appearance found chiefly in later adult life, with peak incidence in the 7th decade.

History note

  • 2006

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051677

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