title: Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFPT): a patient presenting with multiple pleural lesions.
abstract: Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFPT) is a rare pseudotumoral lesion initially described in the subcutaneous and deep soft tissues. More recently, 3 cases were reported in the pleura. We report an unusual presentation associating miliary pleural lesions with a single soft tissue lesion in a 29-year old, asymptomatic female patient. The multitude of pleural lesions prevented complete excision. Although the present case confirms an indolent process, the pathogenesis and long-term prognosis remain undetermined.
authors.affiliation: General Internal Medecine Unit, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium. hainaut@intr.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hainaut
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lesage
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weynand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coche
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noirhomme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003094:Collagen; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen