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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:491-494
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

A case of multiple synchronous localized fibrous tumor of the pleura

rfan Tatepe^a, Ayin Alper^a, Hatice Esra Özaydn^b, Leyla Memi^c, Güven Çetin^a

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Center For Chest Disease's and Thoracic Surgery, Yüksel Caddesi, 34/15, Kzlay, Ankara, Turkey
^b Department of Pathology, Atatürk Center For Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Yüksel Caddesi, 34/15, Kzlay, Ankara, Turkey
^c Department of Pathology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Received 2 February 2000; received in revised form 5 May 2000; accepted 23 May 2000.

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We report a patient with two synchronous distinct masses in the same hemithorax both of which got the diagnosis of benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura. The plain chest X-ray was rather obscured due to a large left-sided pleural effusion, but her subsequent computerized chest tomography revealed a heterogenous hypodense soft tissue mass, which was pleural in origin, sitting on the diaphragm bathed in fluid. At thoracotomy, we detected two distinct masses in the left hemithorax, both arising from the visceral pleura via their vascular pedicles.

Key Words: Multiple synchronous fibrous tumor • Pleura

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