[Solitary fibrous tumor of the visceral pleura being suspected of chest wall origin: report of a case].
We report a case of a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the pleura which is suspected of chest wall tumor. A 52-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of epigastralgia and body weight loss. Chest X-ray and computed tomography showed a circumscribed mass of 35 x 22 mm in diameter arising from the parietal pleura. Positron emission tomography showed uptake valve of 1.5. SFT of chest wall origin was suspected and performed video-assisted thoracic surgery. The pedunculated tumor attached to the visceral pleura. The tumor was diagnosed as a benign SFT in intraoperative diagnosis. Long term clinical follow-up is recommended for patients with SFT, because the tumor recurrence and malignant transformation may occur in tumors with benign histological features.
Hayashi
S
S
Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan.
Kitada
M
M
Ozawa
K
K
Sato
K
K
Hirata
S
S
Tokusashi
Y
Y
Miyokawa
N
N
Sasajima
T
T
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D054363:Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D035441:Thoracic Wall