Familial solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: a case report

Vinayak Jha; Joan Gil; Alvin S Teirstein

doi:10.1378/chest.127.5.1852

Familial solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: a case report

Chest. 2005 May;127(5):1852-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.127.5.1852.

Authors

Vinayak Jha¹, Joan Gil, Alvin S Teirstein

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.

PMID: 15888869
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.5.1852

Abstract

This report describes the occurrence of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura in a mother and her daughter. No other occurrence of this rare tumor in members of the same family has ever been reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / genetics*
Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / surgery
Pleura / pathology
Pleural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pleural Neoplasms / genetics*
Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed