Pleural Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor Mimicking a Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1
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In August 2015, a 35-year-old man presented from an outside hospital with chest pain, recurrent left lower lobe pneumonia and a pleural mass seen on chest radiograph. Physical exam revealed multiple café-au-lait spots on his face, back, chest, abdomen, and legs that ranged from 5mm to 15mm, as well as nodules present on the patient’s right flank, as seen in (Figure 1), and lateral to his left eyebrow. Ophthalmologic exam revealed bilateral Lisch nodules. Due to the array of clinical findings, a biopsy of the right flank nodule was performed and revealed a neurofibroma with plexiform features (Figure 2).
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