title: Natural history of multifocal solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: a 25-year follow-up report.
abstract: We report this case with "multifocal solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura," which recurred at different sites in the left pleura at different time intervals over a span of 25 years, finally exhibiting features of malignant transformation. This patient was first seen in 1978, when she was 58 years of age, for episodic attacks of hypoglycemia and a mass occupying the entire left hemithorax. The operative findings and histologic appearance were that of a solitary fibrous tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Martin Luther King Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA. hemohame@cdrewu.edu
authors.forename: Hezla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Ashis K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mandal
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009385:Neoplastic Processes; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery