[Solitary fibrous thoracic tumor: a rare tumor with unpredictable course].
A 68-year-old woman presented chest pain and exercise-induced dypnea for one year. Diagnosis was a thoracic solitary fibrous tumor. These tumors are very rare. Clinical outcome is generally good except in 13% of the cases with a malignant component. Complete surgical resection is required.
Jougon
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Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, 33604 Pessac.
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Bégueret
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Dromer
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Delcambre
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Mac Bride
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Velly
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