Author/Authors :
Komatsu, Teruya Kobe City General - Department of General Thoracic Surgery - Department of General Thoracic Surgery, JAPAN , Shoumura, Yu Kobe City General - Department of General Thoracic Surgery, JAPAN , Tomii, Keisuke Kobe City General - Department of Respiratory Medicine, JAPAN , shihar, Kyousuke Kobe City General - Department of Respiratory Medicine, JAPAN , Imai, Yukihiro Kobe City General - Department of Pathology, JAPAN , Takahashi, Yutaka Kobe City General - Department of General Thoracic Surgery, JAPAN
Abstract :
We experienced a case of 58-year-old female with solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura, which had been resected by the videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery for definitive diagnosis. Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura are rare and have confusing pathological characteristics, which have been elucidated by the advancement of the immuno-histochemical analyses. We report the case of this ailment with reference to other relevant literature
