Abstract
This report presents a 70-year-old male who presented with a rare malignant fibrous
histiocytosis after high-dose proton radiation therapy for anaplastic astrocytoma.
To our knowledge, malignant fibrous histiocytosis caused by proton therapy has not
been reported, therefore the clinical features of this complication are described
and previous cases are reviewed.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 3,
2009
Received:
October 24,
2008
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© 2009 Elsevier Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
