[Pleural fibroma. Contribution of immunohistochemistry]

H Léna; B Desrues; S Caullet-Maugendre; A Le Coz; H Huet; P Delaval

[Pleural fibroma. Contribution of immunohistochemistry]

Rev Mal Respir. 1995;12(4):383-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

H Léna¹, B Desrues, S Caullet-Maugendre, A Le Coz, H Huet, P Delaval

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Rennes.

PMID: 7481053

Abstract

The authors report a case of pleural fibroma discovered during an examination for thoracic pains in a 65 year old woman. Histochemical studies were positive with vimentin and negative with KL1 antibodies and compatible with the most recent hypotheses concerning the purely fibroblastic origin of these tumours.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies / analysis
Antigens, CD34 / immunology
Female
Fibroma / diagnostic imaging
Fibroma / pathology*
Fibroma / surgery
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Pleura / pathology
Pleural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pleural Neoplasms / pathology*
Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
Radiography
Vimentin / immunology

Substances

Antibodies
Antigens, CD34
Vimentin