Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura as a Cause of Type II Respiratory Failure.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura is a rare type of tumor originating from the mesenchyma of the pleura. It is traditionally a benign lesion. However, in some cases malignant features have been observed. The majority of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura are noticed by accident on chest X-ray, while the main symptoms include cough, thoracic pain and dyspnea. When growing within the thoracic cavity, these tumors exert pressure on vital adjacent tissues and large vessels. In addition, these tumors can be accompanied with paraneoplastic syndromes that are completely resolved after tumor resection. Respiratory failure is a rare complication of this tumors, which is reported in a handful of cases. Herein, we report a rare case of a benign solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura in a 75-year-old woman complicated with type II respiratory failure.

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Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou, Aggeliki Petoumenou, Eftychia Kourtelesi, Dimitrios Mermigkis, Konstantinos Mantzouranis, Nikolaos Garmpis, Christos Damaskos, Pagona Sklapani, Serafeim Chlapoutakis, Nikolaos Trakas, Xanthi Tsiafaki. Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura as a Cause of Type II Respiratory Failure. Maedica. 2021 Mar;16(1):112-116

PMID: 34221165

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