A case of giant benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1998 Aug;14(2):211-3. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00166-3.

Abstract

A 60-year-old man had noted exertional dyspnea and left anterior chest pain. A chest roentgenogram showed the presence of a giant mass and computed tomography (CT) of the chest confirmed the mass with an inhomogeneous density in the left hemithorax. A transthoracic TruCut needle biopsy of the mass showed benign fibrous tissue. The patient underwent a thoracotomy. A tumor arose from the visceral pleura of left lower lobe and pedinculated. Size of the tumor was 19 x 18 x 7 cm and weighed 1500 g. It was successfully resected. The pathological diagnosis of the tumor was benign localized fibrous tumor of the pleura.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesothelioma / pathology
  • Mesothelioma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleura / pathology
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Thoracotomy