Jung Eun Kyung, Kim Young Yoon, Lee Dong Hoon, Lee Kyung Hwa, Lee Joon Kyoo
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 May;96(21):e6995. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006995.
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare benign soft tissue mesenchymal neoplasm. There have been a few reports of extrapleural SFTs although it can occur anywhere in the body.
A 30-year-old male presented with an anterior neck mass since one month.
Based on physical and radiologic examination, preliminary differential diagnosis was thymic neoplasm or intrathoracic goiter.
We performed surgical excision of the neck mass.
The histopathological examination revealed an extrapleural SFT LESSONS:: We present a case of extrapleural SFT in the thymus which was misdiagnosed as thymoma based on radiologic findings.
孤立性纤维性肿瘤(SFT)是一种罕见的良性软组织间叶肿瘤。尽管它可发生于身体任何部位,但关于胸膜外SFT的报道较少。
一名30岁男性,一个月来出现颈部前方肿块。
根据体格检查和影像学检查,初步鉴别诊断为胸腺肿瘤或胸内甲状腺肿。
我们对颈部肿块进行了手术切除。
组织病理学检查显示为胸膜外SFT。
我们报告一例胸腺内胸膜外SFT病例,该病例基于影像学表现被误诊为胸腺瘤。