Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:939
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL
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An enormous asymptomatic solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura
Alfonso Fiorello,
Giovanni Vicidomini,
Vincenzo Pastore,
Mario Santini*
Thoracic Surgery—Second University of Naples, Italy
Received 20 June 2006;
received in revised form 11 September 2006;
accepted 17 September 2006.
* Corresponding author. Address: Chirurgia Toracica—Seconda Università di Napoli, Piazza Miraglia 2, I-80138 Naples, Italy. Tel.: +39 081 5665228; fax: +39 081 5665230. (Email: mario.santini{at}unina2.it).
Key Words: Localised • Solitary • Fibrous • Pleural tumour
A 65-year-old man, asymptomatic, discovered incidentally at chest radiograph an enormous mass that occupied the left hemithorax, causing lung collapse and mediastinal shift (Fig. 1
). The tumour was encapsulated, without invasion of mediastinal structures, with a vascular peduncle at the posterior surface. It was completely removed through thoracotomy (Fig. 2
).
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Fig. 1. The MRI showed an enormous mass that occupied the anterior mediastinum with high vascularity, compression of the left lung and pulmonary artery.
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