title: Malignant solitary fibrous tumor in the pleura.
abstract: We present a case of malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura in an asymptomatic 75-year-old man. A needle biopsy specimen revealed a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with suspected. The tumor was resected and the final diagnosis was a malignant solitary fibrous tumor. At one-and-a-half years later, the patient has no clinical or radiological evidence of recurrence. The propriety of a needle biopsy for preoperative diagnosis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Surgery, Osaka City Medical Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojima-hondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0004, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tojo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed