[Pulmonary fibroma]

Rev Mal Respir. 1995;12(3):306-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report the case of a pulmonary fibroma in a 66 year-old smoker. Intrapulmonary localization of solitary fibrous tumors is rare; these tumors are more frequently described in pleura. Histologically, the presence of spindle cells without nuclear atypy on a collagen background must evoke the diagnosis made difficult by the unusual localization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Collagen / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fibroma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Smoking
  • Vimentin / analysis

Substances

  • Vimentin
  • Collagen