Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: A giant finding, a benign entity?

Autor: Margarida Barata, Daniel Cabral, Pedro Sequeira, Carlos Couto, Ana Oliveira, Cristina Rodrigues
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 101411- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-0071
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101411
Popis: Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) is a rare tumor. The prognosis is relatively good, but up to 20% of the cases are malignant. We presented a case of a large mass of the thorax, showing malignant poor prognosis features.A 73-year-old male, former smoker, presented with a history of dry cough. Chest CT revealed a left bronchopulmonary mass (11 cm × 14 cm) extending from the costal pleura to the left hilum. Histopathologic examination of the transbronchial lung biopsy was consistent with SFTP. A left pneumonectomy was performed due to invasive nature of the lesion.According to features associated to poor prognosis (lung tumor ≥ 10 cm, hipercellularity, abundant intratumor blood vessels and areas of necrosis), and in spite of proliferation index (Ki67+)
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