TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: a rare but usually benign intrathoracic neoplasm
AU - Bodtger, Uffe
AU - Pedersen, Jesper Holst
AU - Skov, Birgit Guldhammer
AU - Clementsen, Paul
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - BACKGROUND: Low forced expiratory volume (FEV(1)) and low performance status usually preclude surgical treatment of lung neoplasms. Earlier case reports have suggested that curative, safe surgery is possible in extrapulmonal intrathoracic neoplasms. METHODS: A case report of an 83-year-old women with progressing dyspnoea secondary to a huge left-side neoplasm. RESULTS: Work-up reveal an FEV(1) of 0.4 L, and a giant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. The tumor was surgically removed in toto without complications: weighting approximately 3 kg, and benign histology. The patient was without dyspnoea at discharge and at 1-year follow-up. CONCLUSION: Safe and curative surgery is possible in patients with extrapulmonal neoplasm despite poor FEV(1).
AB - BACKGROUND: Low forced expiratory volume (FEV(1)) and low performance status usually preclude surgical treatment of lung neoplasms. Earlier case reports have suggested that curative, safe surgery is possible in extrapulmonal intrathoracic neoplasms. METHODS: A case report of an 83-year-old women with progressing dyspnoea secondary to a huge left-side neoplasm. RESULTS: Work-up reveal an FEV(1) of 0.4 L, and a giant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. The tumor was surgically removed in toto without complications: weighting approximately 3 kg, and benign histology. The patient was without dyspnoea at discharge and at 1-year follow-up. CONCLUSION: Safe and curative surgery is possible in patients with extrapulmonal neoplasm despite poor FEV(1).
U2 - 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00104.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00104.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20298386
SN - 1752-6981
VL - 3
SP - 109
EP - 111
JO - Clinical Respiratory Journal
JF - Clinical Respiratory Journal
IS - 2
ER -