title: A case of a large solitary fibrous tumour of the uterine cervix.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Solitary fibrous tumour of the uterine cervix is an extremely rare phenomenon. We present a case of the largest cervical tumour of this type in this anatomical location reported so far.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 45-year old white female presented with abdominal pain, abnormal uterine bleedings and a 15 cm mass of the uterine cervix/left parametrium. Histological examination with immunohistochemistry of the tumour biopsy revealed diagnosis of solitary fibrous tumour. The patient underwent radical abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. No recurrence has been observed for 8 months of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Solitary fibrous tumour can be occasionally found in patients with large cervical/parametrial masses. Immunohistochemistry was helpful in diagnosis and surgery was feasible and effective in treatment of our case of a large solitary fibrous tumour of the cervix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Oncologic Gynaecology, Military Institute of Medicine, ul, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw 44, Poland. andynowak@neostrada.pl.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kozłowski
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Włodarczyk
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szajnik-Szczepański
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baranowski
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery