[Pleural fibroma: apropos of a case].
The authors report a case of a pleural fibroma occurring in a 72 year old woman. The tumour presented with both an osteoarthropathy and hypoglycaemia. An X-ray revealed an abundant associated pleural effusion. Immune studies were positive for the presence of vimentin and negative for keratin, as occurred in this case, were in favour of a pure fibroblastic origin for these tumours.
M'Raihi
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Centre des Maladies Respiratoires et Allergiques, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
Sansonetti
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M
Garbe
L
L
Fuentes
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P
Seisdedos
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MC
Vervloet
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D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D014746:Vimentin
Le fibrome pleural: a propos d'un cas.