Respirology Case Reports (Dec 2022)

A Giant solitary fibrous tumour resected through median sternotomy

  • Theofani Rimpa,
  • Kalliopi Athanassiadi,
  • Kostantinos Eleftheriou,
  • Christina Vourlakou,
  • Ioannis Chrysovergis,
  • Zacharias Diakonikolaou,
  • Paraskevi Katsaounou,
  • Ioannis Kalomenidis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1031
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 12
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura (SFT) is rare neoplasms and consist less than 5% of the primary tumours of the pleura. In the English literature, very few cases of giant solitary fibrous tumours have been described. We report a clinical case of an intrathoracic giant SFT of the pleura in a 62‐year‐old female patient. Additionally, we reviewed the clinical, imaging and histopathological features, the therapeutic management and the clinical course of giant SFTs published in the English literature. For this, we conducted a comprehensive electronic search at the PubMed using the key words giant, huge, big and enormous.

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