Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of thoracic spine with distant metastases: Second reported case and review of the literature

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) usually originates from the pleura because of abnormal proliferation of fibroblast cells. It is extremely rare for the tumor to originate from the spine. Here, we report the second case of malignant SFT of thoracic spine with distant metastases in a 35-years-old female.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Biswas, Rituparna, Halder, Anirban, Ramteke, Prashant P, Pandey, Rambha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250642
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-8237.199868
Descripción
Sumario:Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) usually originates from the pleura because of abnormal proliferation of fibroblast cells. It is extremely rare for the tumor to originate from the spine. Here, we report the second case of malignant SFT of thoracic spine with distant metastases in a 35-years-old female.

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