title: Giant pleural fibroma with an abdominal vascular supply mimicking a pulmonary sequestration.
abstract: A 37 -year-old woman was found to have a giant mass in her right chest with an abnormal abdominal vascular supply at preoperative workup. Suspecting a pulmonary sequestration, the lesion was embolized and then removed through a standard thoracotomy. A broad-based, vascularized pedicle connected the mass to the diaphragm. Final pathology demonstrated a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with no malignant features. We believe this is the first case of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with a direct vascular supply from the abdominal aorta at the level of the renal arteries reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Directorate of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaines
authors.forename: Simon Kim
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Suvarna
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Hopkinson
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rocco
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis*