title: An unusual presentation of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: right atrium and inferior vena cava compression.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura are rare and usually present with unpredictable clinical signs. We report a 58-year-old patient presenting with signs of cardiac decompensation and external compression of the right atrium and inferior vena cava by a voluminous solitary fibrous tumour arising from the diaphragmatic pleura. Marked clinical improvement was obtained after excision of the mass with complete disappearance of the cardiac signs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, 20-40 rue Leblanc, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shaker
authors.forename: Tchao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meatchi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dusser
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riquet
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D003964:Diaphragm; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011312:Pressure; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior