histiocytoma/vomiting

Herein reported is a case with malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) at the left elbow treated successfully with intraarterial chemotherapy under complete brachial venous isolation and charcoal hemoperfusion (BVI-CHP). A 56-year-old man was admitted to our institution because of local recurrence at

We present CT and MRI of an intracranial malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a 5-year-old girl with headache and vomiting. This case is unusual particular by virtue of its radiological appearances and the young age of the patient.

OBJECTIVE Malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the central nervous system is uncommon. Fewer than 70 cases have been documented and, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case arising from the cerebellum. METHODS A 44-year-old woman presented with headaches, vomiting, and dizziness. A

BACKGROUND Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the duodenum is rare and a distinct clinical entity. METHODS A 55-year-old man presented with a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, vomiting and decreased body weight over the past 2 months. Abdominal exam showed an epigastric mass

A 69-year-old male, treated for colonic carcinoma 15 years back, presented to our services with status epilepticus. He had complaints of headache and vomiting for 7 days prior to presentation. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed heterogeneous, lobulated and

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from the alimentary tract is extremely rare. We experienced a young patient with an inflammatory type of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the jejunum which produced granulocyte-colony stimulating factor. A 16-year-old male was admitted to Umehara Hospital with

BACKGROUND A malignant fibrous histiocytoma occurring on the scalp near a primary operation site is extremely rare. METHODS A 74-year-old Chinese man presented with a one-month history of recurrent headaches, vomiting and left limb atony. He had undergone a successful clipping operation through the

We describe a case of intracranial malignant fibrous histiocytoma which had infiltrated pons, cerebellum and basal surface of left temporal lobe without any visible mass. The patient presented with a sudden loss of consciousness and vomiting. Clinical findings, laboratory tests, imaging and

Intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor harboring EWSR1 fusions with CREB family of genes was recently described, and it resembles the myxoid variant of angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma. We present three pediatric patients with intracranial EWSR1-rearranged myxoid mesenchymal neoplasm and provide a

One-hundred-fourteen evaluable patients with metastatic soft tissue or bony sarcoma with measurable disease were treated with Adriamycin (doxorubicin) administered intravenously at a dose of 60 mg/M2 on day 1, followed by DTIC (dacarbazine) at a dose of 750 mg/M2; courses were administered at 3-week

The case records of and histopathologic findings in 57 dogs with nonangiogenic and nonlymphomatous splenic sarcomas were reviewed. Splenic neoplasms in these dogs included leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, undifferentiated sarcoma, liposarcoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, myxosarcoma,

The clinical phase I study of TNP-351, an antifolate drug having a novel structure, was performed through a multicenter cooperative program in 40 patients with solid tumors. The test drug was used on dosage schedules of single and daily doses for 5 or 3 days (by intravenous drip over 30 minutes,

Two cases of brain tumors which developed after radiotherapy against retinoblastomas are reported. A 17-year-old girl was admitted with a chief complaint of swelling in her forehead after head injury in July, 1981. At 7 months old her left eye had been enucleated and she had received radiation

Primary fibrosarcoma of the central nervous system (CNS) is an extremely rare tumor. To the best of our knowledge, only 40 cases have been reported in the literature. We document such a case in a 9-year-old child who presented with a short history of headache and vomiting. A mass was completely

Thirty-eight patients with advanced resistant cancers were enrolled on this study of piritrexim (PTX; BW 301U) administered intravenously weekly for 4 weeks. Of 50 courses of treatment begun, 39 evaluable 4-week courses of the drug were completed by this group of patients. Dosages ranged from 44 to