title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the male breast: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Extrapleural solitary fibrous tumors are very rare and occasionally they appear in extraserosal soft tissues or parenchymatous organs. In such cases the right preoperative diagnosis is often difficult and challenging, because both radiological and cytological examinations are not exhaustive. For these reasons, surgical excision is frequently the only way to reach the correct diagnosis and to achieve definitive treatment. A few cases of solitary fibrous tumors have been also described in the breast. Although rare, this lesion opens difficulties in preoperative diagnosis entering in differential diagnosis with other benign lesions as well as with breast cancer. In this article we describe a case of a solitary fibrous tumor of the breast in a 49-year-old man. Problems related to differential diagnosis and the possible pitfalls that can be encountered in the diagnostic iter of such rare tumor are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy. francesca.rovera@uninsubria.it
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rovera
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Imbriglio
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Limonta
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marelli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: Gianlorenzo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dionigi
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boni
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dionigi
mesh_terms: D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000473:pathology*