title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the thyroid gland: a report of two cases with an analysis of their clinical and pathological features.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumors of the thyroid gland are rare soft-tissue neoplasms and only 24 cases have been reported in the literature to date. We describe two patients who underwent surgery for rapidly growing thyroid nodes of uncertain nature on cytology. At the final histological examination, they proved to be fibrous tumors of the thyroid gland that were CD-34, BCL2, CD-99, and Ki-67 positive, like other known cases. Neither of these two cases have recurred so far.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Pathology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. dauniaverdi@libero.it
authors.forename: Daunia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verdi
authors.forename: Gianmaria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pennelli
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pelizzo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toniato
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery