Kaul Pradeep, Kay Samantha, Gaines Peter, Suvarna Simon Kim, Hopkinson David N, Rocco Gaetano
Directorate of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Sep;76(3):935-7. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00553-8.
A 37 -year-old woman was found to have a giant mass in her right chest with an abnormal abdominal vascular supply at preoperative workup. Suspecting a pulmonary sequestration, the lesion was embolized and then removed through a standard thoracotomy. A broad-based, vascularized pedicle connected the mass to the diaphragm. Final pathology demonstrated a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with no malignant features. We believe this is the first case of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with a direct vascular supply from the abdominal aorta at the level of the renal arteries reported in the literature.