Solitary fibrous tumor with giant multinucleated cells in the retroperitoneum - a case report

CONTEXT: Solitary fibrous tumor is a distinct neoplasm, rarely recognized in extrathoracic sites. CASE REPORT: The article reports a new case in the retroperitoneum in a 55 year-old man, who presented with urinary symptoms. Tumor was completely excised, and the solitary fibrous tumor was diagnosed a...

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Autores principales: Trabelsi, Amel, Hammedi, Faten, Rammeh, Soumaya, Abdelkrim, Soumaya Ben, Yacoub-Abid, Lilia Ben, Beïzig, Nadia, Sriha, Badreddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666708
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Sumario:CONTEXT: Solitary fibrous tumor is a distinct neoplasm, rarely recognized in extrathoracic sites. CASE REPORT: The article reports a new case in the retroperitoneum in a 55 year-old man, who presented with urinary symptoms. Tumor was completely excised, and the solitary fibrous tumor was diagnosed after pathologic examination and immunohistochemistry. The patient has remained free of disease for five years since surgery. CONCLUSION: An uncommon variant of retroperitoneal solitary fibrous tumor with giant multinucleated cells was documented in the study.

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