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Case reports

An unusual case of calcifying fibrous pseudotumour of the cervicothoracic junction

Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Science, University Hospital of Parma, Italy

Received 5 June 2008; received in revised form 19 July 2008; accepted 21 July 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: U.O. Chirurgia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Viale Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 03406874733; fax: +39 0521703559. (Email: antonboa{at}hotmail.com).

Calcifying fibrous pseudotumour is a rare benign tumour of soft tissue origin, occasionally encountered in the thoracic cavity; surgical resection is considered the treatment of choice. Herein we present the case of a young woman who presented with a calcifying fibrous pseudotumour located in the left cervicothoracic junction. At surgery the tumour was found to circumferentially entrap the left subclavian artery and its removal involved segmental artery resection and reconstruction by autologous saphenous vein graft.

Key Words: Calcifying fibrous pseudotumour • Surgery • Artery resection reconstruction