LOCALIZED FIBROUS PLEURAL TUMOR OF THE INTERLOBULAR PLEURA

Localized fibrous tumours of the pleura (LFTP) are rare, generally ben ign and asymptomatic neoplasms, which originate from the pleural layer s. We report on the case of a 67 year old woman who had a 1.5 cm diame ter pulmonary nodule in the right upper lobe, which had been found by chance. Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VAT) was used to excise the nodul e, The diagnosis of localized fibrous tumour of the interlobar pleura was made on microscopic evaluation. After 17 months, the patient is we ll and her chest radiographic image is normal.