title: A case of giant benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura.
abstract: A 60-year-old man had noted exertional dyspnea and left anterior chest pain. A chest roentgenogram showed the presence of a giant mass and computed tomography (CT) of the chest confirmed the mass with an inhomogeneous density in the left hemithorax. A transthoracic TruCut needle biopsy of the mass showed benign fibrous tissue. The patient underwent a thoracotomy. A tumor arose from the visceral pleura of left lower lobe and pedinculated. Size of the tumor was 19 x 18 x 7 cm and weighed 1500 g. It was successfully resected. The pathological diagnosis of the tumor was benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital (Göğüs Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi Egitim Hastanesi), Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biçer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaldiz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ulğan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy