title: Malignant solitary fibrous tumor metastatic to the orbit.
abstract: A 61-year-old man with a history of malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the chest had development of unusual sites of metastasis involving the sphenoid wing of the orbit and soft tissues of the cheek. He was found to have a solitary fibrous tumor, an uncommon type of spindle cell neoplasm that most often arises in the pleura, which was metastatic to the orbit. This is the first reported case of malignant solitary fibrous tumor metastatic to the orbit. The clinical and histopathologic findings of metastatic malignant solitary fibrous tumor are described.
authors.affiliation: Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-2689, USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glazer-Hockstein
authors.forename: Nasreen A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warhol
authors.forename: Roberta E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gausas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed