title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the oral cavity: an uncommon location for a ubiquitous neoplasm.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumor is an uncommon soft tissue tumor initially reported in the pleura but recently described in other sites of the body. To date, only 5 examples of oral solitary fibrous tumor have been reported. Here, we describe 2 additional cases of this tumor in the oral cavity. The tumors were composed of small to medium-sized spindle cells with bland cytologic features; these cells were haphazardly arranged in highly cellular sheets or ill-formed fascicles as well as in hypocellular areas with hyalinized blood vessels. Both tumors contained blood vessels with a hemangiopericytomalike appearance and expressed vimentin, CD34, and CD99. One case was also strongly positive for bcl-2. The diagnosis of solitary fibrous tumor may be difficult inasmuch as it shares a number of histologic features with other soft tissue tumors. Awareness of its occurrence in the oral cavity is important so that confusion with other spindle cell neoplasms can be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perez-Ordonez
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Koutlas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strich
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014746:Vimentin