Giant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: a rare but usually benign intrathoracic neoplasm

Uffe Bodtger; Jesper Holst Pedersen; Birgit Guldhammer Skov; Paul Clementsen

doi:10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00104.x

Giant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: a rare but usually benign intrathoracic neoplasm

Uffe Bodtger, Jesper Holst Pedersen, Birgit Guldhammer Skov, Paul Clementsen

Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

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).

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Respiratory Journal
Volume	3
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	109-11
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1752-6981
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00104.x
Publication status	Published - 2009

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