Open AccessA case of solitary fibrous tumor incidentally detected during COVID-19 infection and treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cerrahi sanatlar dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1308-0709
DOI - 10.14717/jsurgarts-210207
Subject(s) - solitary fibrous tumor , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , medicine , thorax (insect anatomy) , parietal pleura , cardiothoracic surgery , covid-19 , thoracoscopy , radiology , lung , computed tomography , surgery , pathology , anatomy , genetics , stem cell , disease , cd34 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Although solitary fibrous tumor is the most common benign pleural tumor, it is encountered incidentally and very rarely. A mass in the chest wall was detected in a computerized chest tomography taken due to COVID-19 infection in a 36-year-old female patient. The case with solitary fibrous tumor originating from the parietal pleura was treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. During the COVID-19 epidemic, compute-rized tomography of the thorax, which is frequently taken for lung involvement, can reveal pathologies related to thoracic structures as well as tumors originating from the pleura. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery re-commended for the excision of pedunculated and less than 5 cm lesions; We would like to emphasize that it can be safely applied in the treatment of solitary fibrous tumors that are sessile and do not exceed 5 cm.