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Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Mandible
Thamyres Campos Fonsêca1, Michelle Agostini1, Jefferson Viapiana Paes2
1Department of Oral Diagnosis and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Av. Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 325, 1º andar, Rio de Janeiro, 21941- 913, Brazil.
Abstract:
A 41-year-old woman presented with a facial asymmetry in the mental region and a painful, well-circumscribed, tender mass in the right lower buccal vestibule, associated with extensive ill-defined bone rarefaction with subtle cortical bone resorption. Microscopically, a proliferation of bland spindle cells interspersed with collagen fibers and prominent staghorn-like blood vessels was observed. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed strong positivity for CD34, Bcl-2, CD99, and STAT-6, confirming the diagnosis of Solitary Fibrous Tumor (SFT). Conservative surgical enucleation was performed, and 4 years later, recurrence was observed with extensive bone involvement and moth-eaten margins resembling a malignant tumor. SFT is a distinctive spindle cell tumor of fibroblastic differentiation, characterized by prominent branching staghorn-like vessels and a specific NAB2::STAT6 gene fusion. We herein contribute with a central SFT of the mandible with recurrent behavior and radiographic appearance suggesting malignancy.
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