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Solitary fibrous tumors are mesenchymal entities integrated in a mixed group of hemangiopericytoma-like neoplasms. Although classically presented as a pleura-based mass, there are extrapleural sites including the lung. We present the clinical, imaging, and histological features of a solitary fibrous tumor of the lung.
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Kouki, H.S., Koletsis, E.N., Zolota, V. et al. Solitary fibrous tumor of the lung. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 56, 249–251 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-008-0233-z
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