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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998;14:211-213
© 1998 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

A case of giant benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura¹

Mehmet Biçer, Sadk Yaldz, Soner Gürsoy, Metin Ülan

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching Hospital (Göüs Hastalklar ve Cerrahisi Egitim Hastanesi),zmir, Turkey

Received 15 December 1997; received in revised form 28 April 1998; accepted 13 May 1998.

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A 60-year-old man had noted exertional dyspnea and left anterior chest pain. A chest roentgenogram showed the presence of a giant mass and computed tomography (CT) of the chest confirmed the mass with an inhomogeneous density in the left hemithorax. A transthoracic TruCut needle biopsy of the mass showed benign fibrous tissue. The patient underwent a thoracotomy. A tumor arose from the visceral pleura of left lower lobe and pedinculated. Size of the tumor was 19x18x7 cm and weighed 1500 g. It was successfully resected. The pathological diagnosis of the tumor was benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura.

Key Words: Benign mesothelioma • Pleural neoplasms