title: Lungs and subcutaneous metastases from a solitary fibrous tumour of the pancreas.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumour is an uncommon mesenchymal neoplasm previously thought to only originate from the pleura; it is seen only rarely in an extra-pleural location. We report the first case of pancreatic solitary fibrous tumour in an 87-year-old woman that has metastasized to the lungs and subcutaneous tissue. We have identified a solitary mass excised from the groin region, which is positive for CD34 and vimentic marker with high proliferative rate, nuclear atypia and cellular necrosis. Imaging studies confirmed a slow-growing solitary mass in the uncinate lobe of the pancreas with evidence of lung metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford, UK m.tesfom@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Meron F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tesfom
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford, UK.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caldwell
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford, UK.
authors.forename: Raveesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hanasoge
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford, UK.
authors.forename: Simon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bramhall