Abstract

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Abstract: Calcifying fibrous tumors (CFT) are rare benign tumors. They usually affect children and young adults and the incidence is equal in males and females. The usual clinical presentation is that of a painless mass. A computed tomography scan typically reveals a well-demarcated calcified lesion. CFT usually presents as a solitary mass and the commonest sites of occurrence are in soft tissues, the pleura, or the peritoneum. Multifocal occurrences at the same site have also been reported. The first case of CFT was reported in 1988. We present a rare case of multiple calcifying fibrous tumors at multiple sites in the same patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever reported case of multifocal CFT atsix different anatomical sites in one patient.

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Title
Multifocal calcifying fibrous tumor at six sites in one patient: a case report
Author
Azam, Faisal; Chatterjee, Madhuchanda; Kelly, Sheila; Pinto, Maria; Aurangabadkar, Amey; Latif, M Farooq; Marshall, Ernie
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14777819
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1552307969
Copyright
© 2014 Azam et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.