title: Giant fibrous tumor misdiagnosed as traumatic hemothorax.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura are neoplasms of the mesenchymal tissue of the pleural mesothelium. The most frequent symptoms are dyspnea, coughing and chest pain. A 45-year-old female patient presented after a thoracic contusion. A radio-opaque image was evidenced on chest X-ray. At the initial hospital, a hemorrhagic fluid was aspirated at thoracocentesis and the patient was transferred to our hospital with diagnosis of traumatic hemothorax. A thoracic CT showed a tumoral formation filling two-thirds of the left hemithorax. The transthoracic biopsy finding was compatible with a fibrous tumor. The patient was taken for surgery and the large pleural tumor was excised. In conclusion, a large pleural fibrous tumor was initially mistaken for hemothorax. A CT-scan revealed the tumoral nature of the thoracic opacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tekinbas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunduz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turedi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozsu
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed