Open AccessSolitary fibrous tumor of maxilla: A rare entity
Author(s) -
R Heera,
M Renu Chandran,
S K Padmakumar,
Rahul Rajeev
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.190960
Subject(s) - solitary fibrous tumor , hemangiopericytoma , cd34 , maxilla , pathology , immunohistochemistry , mesenchymal stem cell , anatomy , neoplasm , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , stem cell
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a ubiquitous rare mesenchymal neoplasm. Pleura is the favored site of origin and is rare in the oral cavity. SFT occurs across a wide histopathologic spectrum. Fibrous form characterized by hyalinized, thick-walled vessels with opened lumina and strong CD34 reactivity constitute one end and on the other end, a cellular form representing the conventional hemangiopericytoma, with branched, thin-walled vessels and focal or negative CD34 reactivity characterize the spectrum. A case of oral SFT in a 30-year-old female patient with its clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical features is being presented here.