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Open Access 01-12-2013 | Case Report

Primary solitary fibrous tumors of liver: a case report and literature review

Authors: Qiang Liu, Jing Liu, Wenyou Chen, Shunbao Mao, Yihe Guo

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

A 42-year-old male presented right upper abdomen pain for more than 6 days, which misdiagnose calculus of intrahepatic duct and acute cholecystitis. An approximately 1.5 cm x 1.0 cm x 1.0 cm nodule was found and resected in left lateral lobe of hepatic. Pathological examination showed spindle cell and fibroblast -like cells within the collagenous stroma. Immunohistochemically, these spindle tumor cells showed diffuse Vim and Bcl-2 positive reactivity, but S-100 protein and HMB45 were negative. The post-operative course was uneventful. Solitary fibrous tumors of the liver, although rare, should be differentiated from mesenchymal lesions of the liver.

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Metadata
Title
Primary solitary fibrous tumors of liver: a case report and literature review
Authors
Qiang Liu
Jing Liu
Wenyou Chen
Shunbao Mao
Yihe Guo
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-8-195

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