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MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA

Specialty Definition: MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA

Domain	Definition
Health	A sarcoma that usually begins in soft tissue. It usually appears as an enlarging, painful mass that can cause fracture due to destruction of the bone by a spreading tumor. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Human malignant fibrous histiocytoma aspirated from a leg mass. Pap stain, magnified to 400 x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
malignant fibrous histiocytoma	23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA

Language		Translations for "MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		malignt histiocytom (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

Dutch		maligne fibreus histiocytoom (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

Finnish		maligni fibroosi histiosytooma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

French		histiocytofibrosarcome (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone), histiocytofibrome malin (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

Greek		κακόηθες ινοϊστιοκύτωμα (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone), ινοϊστιοκυτοσάρκωμα (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

Italian		istiocitoma fibroso maligno (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone), istiocitofibrosarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone), istiocitofibroma maligno (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone), fibroistiocitoma maligno (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)

Pig Latin		alignantmay ibrousfay istiocytomahay

Spanish		histiocitoma maligno (malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography

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