Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone |
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Authors: | Doz Dr sc med D Katenkamp D Stiller |
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Institution: | (1) Pathologisches Institut der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Ziegelmühlenweg 1, DDR-6900 Jena, German Democratic Republic;(2) Institute of Pathology, Martin-Luther-University of Halle, German Democratic Republic |
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Abstract: | Summary Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of bone is a well-defined tumor by light microscopy but no agreement has been achieved concerning its histogenesis. We present the light and electron microscopic findings of four cases of MFH of bone. In case 1 multiple bone tumors were observed and in case 4 the tumor developed after irradiation. It was our aim to document the cytological variability and to arrange the findings in a histogenetic concept of primary intraosseous MFH. We observed some undifferentiated cells but mainly histiocyte- and fibroblast-like cells including intermediate forms, and several types of giant cells. We should emphasize the fact that there were also some large cells with a light microscopic resemblance to rhabdomyoblasts and with electron microscopic characteristics of myoblastic differentiation. From the ultrastructural point of view, therefore, MFHs seem to derive from a primitive mesenchymal stem cell rather than from the ordinary histiocyte. It is suggested that osteosarcoma and MFH of bone may have a common progenitor cell but it is important to make a clear clinico-pathological distinction between the tumors because of differing biological behavior. |
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Keywords: | Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Bone Ultrastructural cytology Myoblastic differentiation Undifferentiated mesenchymal stem cell Relationship to osteosarcoma |
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