A case of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura in a pregnant woman

Authors

  • Cristina Carvalho Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa
  • Heloísa Castro Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa
  • Zélia Lopes Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa
  • Graça Ferraz Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa
  • Pedro Magalhães Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa
  • J. A. Freire Soares Serviço de Medicina do Hospital Padre Américo, Vale do Sousa

Keywords:

solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura

Abstract

The A.A. present a case of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura in a patient with a 13-week
pregnancy, who presented with breathlessness,
cough with mucopurulent sputum and fever.
Some considerations are made about differential diagnosis, treatment and the difficulties faced when choosing adequate complementary means of diagnosis in a pregnant patient.

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2003-09-30

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Carvalho C, Castro H, Lopes Z, Ferraz G, Magalhães P, Freire Soares JA. A case of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura in a pregnant woman. RPMI [Internet]. 2003 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];10(3):157-60. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1817

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2003): Julho/ Setembro

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Case Reports

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