title: [Solitary fibrous tumor of the bronchus; report of a case].
abstract: A 69-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to an abnormal shadow on a chest roentgenogram. Computed tomographic scanning revealed a complete atelectasis of the left lower lobe. Though the definitive diagnosis was not obtained preoperatively, we performed a left lower lobe excision because atelectasis existed for more than one year. Immunohistochemical staining showed that tumor cells were positive for vimentin, CD34, bcl-2, CD99, and negative for S-100, α-smooth muscle actin. The tumor was diagnosed as a solitary fibrous tumor of the bronchus, which has been rarely reported to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Asahikawa Medical Center, Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honmou
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome