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Fat-forming solitary fibrous tumour (lipomatous haemangiopericytoma) of the spine: case report and literature review

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Solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) is a rare soft tissue tumour of uncertain histogenesis and unpredictable biological behaviour, which was first described in the pleura and subsequently in many extra-pleural locations. Fat-forming SFT is a sub-type of SFT and only a handful of cases have been reported in the literature. We present the clinical, radiological and histological features of a case of intraspinal fat-forming SFT, along with a literature review. This is the first known report of a fat-forming SFT in the spine.

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    Syed Aftab, Adrian Casey, Roberto Tirabosco, Syed Rezaul Kabir & Asif Saifuddin

  2. Trauma and Orthopaedics Specialist Registrar, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK

    Syed Aftab

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Aftab, S., Casey, A., Tirabosco, R. et al. Fat-forming solitary fibrous tumour (lipomatous haemangiopericytoma) of the spine: case report and literature review. Skeletal Radiol 39, 1039–1042 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-010-0991-4

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