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Malignant solitary fibrous tumour of the bronchus
Ikenna C Okereke1, Daniel J Frick, Francis D Sheski
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Abstract:
Solitary fibrous tumours most commonly present in the pleura, but have been reported in other extrapleural sites. We present a case of an elderly female who was found to have a malignant solitary fibrous tumour of the right upper lobe bronchus, treated with thoracoscopic lobectomy and bronchoplastic closure.
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