title: [A case of localized fibrous tumor of the pleura after four years follow up and evaluate the doubling time with computed tomography].
abstract: Thirty-five-year female had taken video assisted thoraco-surgery (VATS) and resected her localized fibrous tumor of parietal pleura. She suspected chest tumor with annual X-ray survey for lung disease four years ago. She complained of left side back pain recently. Her chest CT revealed that the tumor enlarged than before. She was performed video assisted thoraco-surgery. The tumor was solid hard and connected to the parietal pleura with pedicle, which was resected easily from her pleural cavity. Histrogical examination detected that her tumor was localized fibrous tumor of parietal pleura. CD 34 and Vimentin were positive and cytokeratin was negative in this case. Four year and two examinations of the chest CT later, we could determine the doubling time (800.7 days) of localized fibrous tumor in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hokushin General Hospital, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atarashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamaoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunamori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed