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Solitary fibrous tumor of the abdominal wall

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Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are uncommon neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that usually arise from the pleura. SFTs of the abdominal wall are extremely rare, and only 12 cases have been reported in the Englishlanguage literature. This report presents a new case of SFT of the abdominal wall in a 74-year-old female. Positron emission tomography demonstrated the heterogeneous 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake of the tumor (the maximum standardized uptake value was 2.8). Histologically, the mitotic count was 1 to 2/10 high-power fields. The patient is alive without recurrence at 10 months after undergoing a surgical excision. We discuss the clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis and present a review of the pertinent literature.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Nara Prefectural Nara Hospital, 1-30-1 Hiramatsu, Nara, 631-0846, Japan

    Kazuhiro Migita, Akihiko Watanabe, Kenji Nakagawa & Takao Ohyama

  2. Department of Pathology, Nara Prefectural Nara Hospital, Nara, Japan

    Susumu Sekigawa

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Migita, K., Watanabe, A., Nakagawa, K. et al. Solitary fibrous tumor of the abdominal wall. Int J Clin Oncol 14, 555–559 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-009-0891-6

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