心臓圧迫により左室機能障害をきたした巨大孤立性線維性腫瘍の1例

Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumour of the Pleura Compressing the Left Ventricle：Report of a Case

はじめに　胸膜発生の孤立性線維性腫瘍（solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura：SFTP）は巨大化して周囲臓器を圧迫することがある．われわれは，心臓圧迫による左室機能障害が腫瘍切除によって著明に改善された症例を経験したので報告する．

A 71-year-old woman with chest pain and exertional dyspnea was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography revealed a huge intrathoracic tumor with left parietal pleural dissemination. Transthoracic echocardiography showed the left ventricular dysfunction due to external compression by the tumor. After excision of the tumor, marked improvement of the left ventricular dysfunction was obtained for eight years. But the patient died due to cardiac invasion of the tumor 9th year after surgery.