title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the liver.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumor of the liver is a rare neoplasm. So far, 21 cases have been described in the English literature. We reported an additional case. Our patient, a 75-year-old man, suffered from abdominal fullness and body weight loss of 6 kg over 6 months, and chills and fever for 2 months. Hypoglycemia was noted at admission. Both abdominal sonography and CT showed a huge mass occupying the right lobe of liver. Liver biopsy showed fibrous tumor. Right lobectomy was performed and the tumor was resected. Pathological examination showed spindle-shaped and fibroblast-like cells within the collagenous stroma. On immunohistochemical stains, these spindle tumor cells showed CD34 positive reactivity. The post-operative course was uneventful and there was no more hypoglycemia. The patient recovered smoothly, regained his body weight, and was alive without evidence of disease recurrence at the last follow-up visit in November, 2000.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34