Difference between revisions of "Lung tumours"

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*Slow growing.<ref name=pmid24326857>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mordenti | first1 = P. | last2 = Di Cicilia | first2 = R. | last3 = Delfanti | first3 = R. | last4 = Capelli | first4 = P. | last5 = Paties | first5 = C. | last6 = Cavanna | first6 = L. | title = Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: a case report and review of the literature. | journal = Tumori | volume = 99 | issue = 4 | pages = e177-83 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1700/1361.15120 | PMID = 24326857 }}</ref>
*Slow growing.<ref name=pmid24326857>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mordenti | first1 = P. | last2 = Di Cicilia | first2 = R. | last3 = Delfanti | first3 = R. | last4 = Capelli | first4 = P. | last5 = Paties | first5 = C. | last6 = Cavanna | first6 = L. | title = Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: a case report and review of the literature. | journal = Tumori | volume = 99 | issue = 4 | pages = e177-83 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1700/1361.15120 | PMID = 24326857 }}</ref>
*Elderly.
*Elderly.
*May be large - impair respiratory function.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abe | first1 = M. | last2 = Nomori | first2 = H. | last3 = Fukazawa | first3 = M. | last4 = Sugimura | first4 = H. | last5 = Narita | first5 = M. | last6 = Takeshi | first6 = A. | title = Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Causing Respiratory Insufficiency: Report of 3 Cases. | journal = Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 24088920 }}</ref>
*May be large - impair respiratory function.<ref name=pmid24088920>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abe | first1 = M. | last2 = Nomori | first2 = H. | last3 = Fukazawa | first3 = M. | last4 = Sugimura | first4 = H. | last5 = Narita | first5 = M. | last6 = Takeshi | first6 = A. | title = Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Causing Respiratory Insufficiency: Report of 3 Cases. | journal = Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 24088920 }}</ref>


===Gross/radiology===
===Gross/radiology===
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Spindle cells.
*Spindle cells - usually bland cytology.
*Ropy collagen.
*Patternless pattern.
*+/-Ropy collagen.
 
Suggestive of malignant:<ref name=pmid24088920/>
*Mitotic rate >4/10 HPF.
**Definition suffers from [[HPFitis]].
 
DDx:
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].
*Metastatic carcinoma.
*[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].


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