Open AccessMalignant solitary fibrous tumor of thoracic spine with distant metastases: Second reported case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Rituparna Biswas,
Anirban Halder,
Prashant Ramteke,
Rambha Pandey
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.199868
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracic spine , solitary fibrous tumor , spine (molecular biology) , pathology , radiology , anatomy , genetics , stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cd34
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) usually originates from the pleura because of abnormal proliferation of fibroblast cells. It is extremely rare for the tumor to originate from the spine. Here, we report the second case of malignant SFT of thoracic spine with distant metastases in a 35-years-old female.