[Posttraumatic soft tissue sarcoma: a case study of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the elbow joint which appeared six and a half years after a severe injury].

: A 25-year-old patient was treated for a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the elbow which appeared 6 3/4 years after a severe injury at this site. The reasons for assumption of a causal relationship between the trauma and tumor development are discussed.