CT feature and clinical findings of malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura
LI Haoliang
YANG Chunyan
YANG Dong
SUN Xiwen
LI Yunyu
YOU Xiaofang
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the CT characteristics and clinical findings of malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP).Methods The clinical symptoms included cough , expectoration, shortness of breath, chest tightness or chest pain in 8 cases, and 3 cases were incidentally found during physical examination .CT features and clinical data of 11 patients with malignant SFTP confirmed by pathology after operation were analyzed retrospectively .Results The CT images demonstrated solitary soft-tis-sue mass in the thoracic cavity , with the largest diameter being 5 to 17 cm.Attenuation was heterogeneous in all the cases .In-tralesional calcification or serpiginous vessels were seen in 2 and 6 cases respectively , and feeding vessel originated from right in-ferior phrenic artery was shown in 1 case.Irregular pleura thickening (n=2) and rib erosion (n=1) were also seen.Conclu-sion Malignant SFTP shows certain characteristics on CT , which helps to preoperative diagnosis .
Keywords：Solitary fibrous tumorPleuramalignantTomographyX-ray computed
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 48-51 )