J. Luttges et al., Solitary fibrous tumour of the pancreas: a new member of the small group of mesenchymal pancreatic tumours, VIRCHOWS AR, 435(1), 1999, pp. 37-42
Citations number
82
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
VIRCHOWS ARCHIV-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Solitary fibrous tumours usually occur in the pleura, but occasionally they
appear in extraserosal soft tissues or parenchymatous organs, where their
diagnosis often causes problems. This report describes a solitary fibrous t
umour (SFT) of the pancreas in a 50-year-old woman treated by left-side pan
createctomy. The tumour showed immunocytochemical reactivity for CD34, CD99
and bcl-2. Because of its favourable prognosis, SFT must be clearly distin
guished from leiomyosarcoma, the most frequent nonepithelial tumour of the
pancreas. Other mesenchymal tumours that may occur in the pancreas include
tumours of the peripheral nerve sheath, fibrous histiocytic tumours and rar
e vascular tumours.