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Two cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma are presented. The clinicopathologic findings are also reported. The disease was of fast growing pattern and the outcome of one of the cases very rapid. The relative literature is reviewed and the histogenesis is emphasized.
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Ben Meir, P., Sagi, A., Rosenberg, L. et al. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft tissue. Eur J Plast Surg 10, 155–158 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539259
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