Qureshi N A, Hallissey M T, Fielding J W, Gourevitch D
Department of upper Gastro-intestinal surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2006 Jun 22;3:15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-3-15.
Primary intra-abdominal malignant mesenchymal tumours are very rare and there are not many cases of visceral malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the English literature. We report a new case of abdominal malignant fibrous histiocytoma presenting as abdominal pain and pyrexia of unknown origin in a 54 year old female followed by a brief review of literature. Presentation with pyrexia of unknown origin is extremely rare in this condition.