[Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura; report of a case].
A 68-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for further examination of abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Needle biopsy could not establish pathological diagnosis. Three years later, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed the tumor was enlarged. We suspected it was a malignant tumor, and resected by video-assisted thoracoscopy. The tumor occurred from the right middle lobe, and intraoperative diagnosis was malignant tumor. We added middle lobectomy. Histological examination revealed that tumor was malignant solitary fibrous tumor.
Matsuda
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Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Sanyo Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Umemori
Y
Y
Okabe
K
K
Kitada
K
K
Hirazawa
K
K
Azuma
T
T
Murakami
T
T
Sugi
K
K
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted