TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum β-hCG as an Indicator of Recurrence After the Complete Resection of a Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura
AU - Yabuki, Hiroshi
AU - Sakurada, Akira
AU - Niikawa, Hiromichi
AU - Notsuda, Hirotsugu
AU - Endo, Chiaki
AU - Matsuda, Yasushi
AU - Noda, Masafumi
AU - Saito, Ryoko
AU - Yamashita, Shinichi
AU - Arai, Yoichi
AU - Okada, Yoshinori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - In solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) of the pleura, malignant SFTs are uncommon. Although SFTs are known to cause paraneoplastic syndromes through the production of insulin-like growth factor, to the best of our knowledge, the production of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) has been reported only in 1 case involving a patient with a benign SFT. We herein report the first case of the elevation of β-hCG serum levels associated with a malignant SFT in which the β-hCG serum level became a useful indicator of recurrence after the complete resection of the primary mediastinal lesion.
AB - In solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) of the pleura, malignant SFTs are uncommon. Although SFTs are known to cause paraneoplastic syndromes through the production of insulin-like growth factor, to the best of our knowledge, the production of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) has been reported only in 1 case involving a patient with a benign SFT. We herein report the first case of the elevation of β-hCG serum levels associated with a malignant SFT in which the β-hCG serum level became a useful indicator of recurrence after the complete resection of the primary mediastinal lesion.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.061
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.061
M3 - Article
C2 - 27847079
AN - SCOPUS:84995952481
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 102
SP - e551-e553
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -