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MALIGNANCY IN A MASSIVE LOCALIZED FIBROUS TUMOUR OF PLEURA
Author(s) -
Harrison R. I.,
McCaughan B. C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb07562.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , radiology , resection , pathology , surgery
Localized fibrous tumour of pleura is a rare condition. Most follow a benign course and are an incidental finding during routine chest X‐ray. A small proportion of these amours are malignant and have characteristic clinical and histopathological features. This case report is of a 65 year old woman who presented with respiratory symptoms and polyarthropathy, and had a subsequent resection of a massive pleural tumour with features suggestive of malignancy.