title: Two patients with a solitary fibrous tumor of the thoracic spinal cord.
abstract: We report two patients with thoracic spinal solitary fibrous tumor (SFT). This report includes a patient with the first secondary SFT arising in the central nervous system from a pleural origin to our knowledge. The diagnosis was confirmed by histological and immunohistochemical analysis. Both patients underwent gross total resection of their tumors and did not show signs of local recurrence. The patient with the secondary lesion later presented with visceral dissemination. We review the reports of spinal SFT and discuss the diagnosis and therapeutic management of this intriguing entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Foch Hospital, 40 rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brigui
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aldea
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernier
authors.forename: Saad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennis
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mireau
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaillard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery