An unusual presentation of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: right atrium and inferior vena cava compression

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 Oct;22(4):640-2. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00432-3.

Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura are rare and usually present with unpredictable clinical signs. We report a 58-year-old patient presenting with signs of cardiac decompensation and external compression of the right atrium and inferior vena cava by a voluminous solitary fibrous tumour arising from the diaphragmatic pleura. Marked clinical improvement was obtained after excision of the mass with complete disappearance of the cardiac signs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
  • Diaphragm
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / surgery
  • Pleural Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pressure
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Diseases / etiology
  • Vena Cava, Inferior