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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
Extrapleural solitary fibrous tumors are very rare and occasionally they appear in extraserosal soft tissues or parenchymatous organs. In such cases the right preoperative diagnosis is often difficult and challenging, because both radiological and cytological examinations are not exhaustive. For these reasons, surgical excision is frequently the only way to reach the correct diagnosis and to achieve definitive treatment. A few cases of solitary fibrous tumors have been also described in the breast. Although rare, this lesion opens difficulties in preoperative diagnosis entering in differential diagnosis with other benign lesions as well as with breast cancer. In this article we describe a case of a solitary fibrous tumor of the breast in a 49-year-old man. Problems related to differential diagnosis and the possible pitfalls that can be encountered in the diagnostic iter of such rare tumor are discussed.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1477-7819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Solitary fibrous tumor of the male breast: a case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgical Sciences, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy. francesca.rovera@uninsubria.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports