title: Pictorial essay: solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (previously known as benign fibrous mesothelioma or pleural fibroma) can have a wide variety of appearances on imaging examinations. This essay reviews some of the lesion's more dramatic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94304, USA.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Desser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed