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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.13882
Enormous thoracic solitary fibrous tumor with inferior vena cava compression: a case report
Abdulsalam Y. Taha1, Darya Mahmood2, Dana Mohialdeen3
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sulaimaniyah Teaching Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Sulaimaniyah, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq
2Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Shorsh General Hospital, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq
3Department of Histopathology, Shorsh General Hospital, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.13882
Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare fibroblastic tumor that
typically involves the pleura and very rarely the pericardium
although it has been described in almost all locations in
the body. Most intrathoracic solitary fibrous tumors are
asymptomatic; however, some have unusual presentations
such as inferior vena cava compression which, to our
knowledge, was reported only once before. In this article,
we report a middle-aged male patient with a huge thoracic
solitary fibrous tumor of suspected pericardial origin and
inferior vena cava compression who was successfully
operated upon.
Keywords : Inferior vena cava; pericardium; pleura; solitary fibrous tumors
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