Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Scalp

Brett M Shirley; David R Kang; Aya Hamao Sakamoto

doi:10.1007/s12663-015-0759-4

Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Scalp

J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2016 Jul;15(Suppl 2):245-8. doi: 10.1007/s12663-015-0759-4. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Authors

Brett M Shirley¹, David R Kang², Aya Hamao Sakamoto³

Affiliations

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX USA ; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, John Peter Smith Hospital, 1500 S Main, Fort Worth, TX 76104 USA.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX USA ; Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Baylor University Medical Center, 3302 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246 USA.
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9109 USA.

Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumors are an uncommon slow growing benign neoplasm originally described as a pleural neoplasm but can also be found in the lung, mediastinum, peritoneum, or any other sites including the head and neck. Malignant solitary fibrous tumors (MSFT) are extremely rare and only few cases have been published in the literature. There have been 19 cases reported of MSFT in the head and neck, but there are no reports of MSFT located within the scalp in the English language literature. We present a case of MSFT arising in the scalp and describe our experience with the clinical presentation, surgical management, and outcome in this pathological condition.

Keywords: Head and neck oncology; Malignant solitary fibrous tumor; Neoplasms of the head and neck; Pleural tumor; Scalp tumor; Solitary fibrous tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports