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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun;53(2):77-79.
doi: 10.5152/tao.2015.969. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

A Rare Tumor of the Retropharyngeal Area: Solitary Fibrous Tumor

Ali Bayram  1 , Celalettin Cihan  2 , Murat Doğan  1 , Ebru Akay  3 , Ali Koç  4 , Mehmet Kalkan  1 , İbrahim Özcan  1
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Case Reports

A Rare Tumor of the Retropharyngeal Area: Solitary Fibrous Tumor

Ali Bayram et al. Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

We describe a case of retropharyngeal solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) in a 46-year-old female patient. Total removal of the tumor without any complications was performed by transoral surgery. Intraoral resection of retropharyngeal SFT can be preoperatively performed by meticulous assessment of the extent and vasculature of the tumor with radiological guidance.

Keywords: Pharynx neoplasms; oral; solitary fibrous tumor; surgery.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Endoscopic examination revealed a large, submucosal, and smooth-surfaced mass on the posterior pharyngeal wall
Figure 2. a, b
Figure 2. a, b
Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted MRI (a) Sagittal fat-suppressed T2-weighted MRI (b)
Figure 3. a–c
Figure 3. a–c
Higher magnification microphotograph demonstrating spindle and ovoid cells, without atypia and the presence of thin branching vessels within the tumor (hematoxylin-eosin stain, original magnification ×200) (a). Positive immunohistochemical staining of the neoplastic cells for CD34 (original magnification ×100) (b). Positive immunohistochemical staining of the neoplastic cells for vimentin (original magnification ×100) (c).
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