title: Solid fibrous tumor of the liver: a case in pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Solid fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare neoplasm, preferentially involving the pleura, rarely the liver.
  
  
  METHODS
  A primigravida between 13-15 weeks gestation developed nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed a large, complex septated mass filling the abdomen and pelvis. At surgery a firm, lobular mass involved in the inferior aspect of the right liver lobe. Open cholecystectomy and hepatic segmentectomy were performed; confirmatory immunohistochemical staining was positive for SFT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A rapidly growing abdominopelvic mass during pregnancy may be a SFT. The diagnosis and perioperative management of SFT presents multiple challenges to the obstetrician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Helling
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult