Uncommon presentation of a rare tumour - incidental finding in an asymptomatic patient: case report and comprehensive review of the literature on intrapericardial solitary fibrous tumours
Czimbalmos C, Csecs I, Polos M, Bartha E, Szucs N, Toth A, Maurovich-Horvat P, Becker D, Sapi Z, Szabolcs Z, Merkely B, Vago H. Uncommon presentation of a rare tumour - incidental finding in an asymptomatic patient: case report and comprehensive review of the literature on intrapericardial solitary fibrous tumours. BMC Cancer 2017, 17: 612. PMID: 28865431, PMCID: PMC5581469, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3574-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolitary fibrous tumorFibrous tumorAsymptomatic patientsPulmonary trunkIncidental findingBackgroundA solitary fibrous tumourRegular MRI follow-upSpindle cell mesenchymal tumorsScreening chest X-rayCoronary computed tomography angiographyAsymptomatic female patientLate gadolinium enhancement imagingMRI follow-upCardiac magnetic resonanceEnlarged cardiac silhouetteLong-term followComputed tomography angiographyFirst-pass perfusionGadolinium-enhanced imagesChest X-rayInversion recovery imagesIntermediate signal intensityProton density-weighted imagesPatternless patternComplete resection