TY - JOUR
TI - Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura as a Cause of Type II Respiratory Failure.
AU - Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Epameinondas
AU - Petoumenou, Aggeliki
AU - Kourtelesi, Eftychia
AU - Mermigkis, Dimitrios
AU - Mantzouranis, Konstantinos
AU - Garmpis, Nikolaos
AU - Damaskos, Christos
AU - Sklapani, Pagona
AU - Chlapoutakis, Serafeim
AU - Trakas, Nikolaos
AU - Tsiafaki, Xanthi
JO - Maedica
PY - 2021
VL - 16
TODO - 1
SP - 112--116
PB - 
SN - null
TODO - 10.26574/maedica.2020.16.1.112
TODO - null
TODO - Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura is a rare type of tumor originating from the mesenchyma of the pleura. It is traditionally a benign lesion. However, in some  cases malignant features have been observed. The majority of solitary fibrous tumors  of the pleura are noticed by accident on chest X-ray, while the main symptoms  include cough, thoracic pain and dyspnea. When growing within the thoracic cavity,  these tumors exert pressure on vital adjacent tissues and large vessels. In  addition, these tumors can be accompanied with paraneoplastic syndromes that are  completely resolved after tumor resection. Respiratory failure is a rare  complication of this tumors, which is reported in a handful of cases. Herein, we  report a rare case of a benign solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura in a  75-year-old woman complicated with type II respiratory failure.
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