title: Solitary fibrous tumour of lacrimal gland: a rare entity.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) is a rare spindle cell tumour of mesenchymal origin most commonly encountered in pleura. It can affect the orbital region but SFT of lacrimal gland is rare. We hereby report of a SFT of lacrimal gland in a 50-year-old male presenting with slow growing swelling in left superolateral orbital region. The preliminary fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) could not reveal any definite diagnosis. Excision biopsy and immunohistochemistry (IHC) confirmed the diagnosis. Therefore, clinician and pathologist should be aware of this entity and biopsy along with IHC is required to rule out other entities which can mimic it clinically and histopathologically.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital , Ludhiana, India .
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital , Ludhuana, India .
authors.forename: Nagi Anitaraj Rajendra
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Opthalmology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital , Ludhuana, India .
authors.forename: Gurkirat Singh
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bajwa
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital , Ludhuana, India .
authors.forename: Neena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sood
keywords: Immunohistochemistry; Mesenchymal lesion; Spindle cell tumour