Abstract
Background: In literature there are only a few descriptions of the typical presentation of solitary fibrous tumours (SFT) and only a few case reports showing its unusual clinical and radiological features.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the computed tomography scans of 36 patients presenting with a histological diagnosis of SFT between 1998 and 2008. Results: We present five cases of SFT with an atypical clinical presentation and radiological features. Conclusions: SFT can occasionally present with unusual radiological features making a differential diagnosis difficult. Even thought imaging plays a fundamental role in the initial diagnostic approach, final diagnosis in only confirmed by biopsy and histology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 269-274 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Hippokratia |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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Keywords
- Atypical presentation of fibrous tumours
- Solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura (SFTP)
- Synchronous pleural and renal fibrous tumours
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
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Solitary fibrous tumours : Unusual aspects of a rare disease. / Meroni, S.; Funicelli, L.; Rampinelli, C.; Galetta, D.; Bonello, L.; Spaggiari, L.; Bellomi, M.
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T1 - Solitary fibrous tumours
T2 - Unusual aspects of a rare disease
AU - Meroni, S.
AU - Funicelli, L.
AU - Rampinelli, C.
AU - Galetta, D.
AU - Bonello, L.
AU - Spaggiari, L.
AU - Bellomi, M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Background: In literature there are only a few descriptions of the typical presentation of solitary fibrous tumours (SFT) and only a few case reports showing its unusual clinical and radiological features.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the computed tomography scans of 36 patients presenting with a histological diagnosis of SFT between 1998 and 2008. Results: We present five cases of SFT with an atypical clinical presentation and radiological features. Conclusions: SFT can occasionally present with unusual radiological features making a differential diagnosis difficult. Even thought imaging plays a fundamental role in the initial diagnostic approach, final diagnosis in only confirmed by biopsy and histology.
AB - Background: In literature there are only a few descriptions of the typical presentation of solitary fibrous tumours (SFT) and only a few case reports showing its unusual clinical and radiological features.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the computed tomography scans of 36 patients presenting with a histological diagnosis of SFT between 1998 and 2008. Results: We present five cases of SFT with an atypical clinical presentation and radiological features. Conclusions: SFT can occasionally present with unusual radiological features making a differential diagnosis difficult. Even thought imaging plays a fundamental role in the initial diagnostic approach, final diagnosis in only confirmed by biopsy and histology.
KW - Atypical presentation of fibrous tumours
KW - Solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura (SFTP)
KW - Synchronous pleural and renal fibrous tumours
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