Smooth Muscle Tumor Originating in the Pleura: A Case Report and Updated Literature Review

Smooth muscle tumors (SMTs) of the pleura are exceptionally rare. At present and to the best of these authors’ knowledge, there are only 17 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of a 51-year-old woman who complained of left sided pleuritic chest pain. Further, computed tomography (CT)...

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Main Authors: Santiago Fabián Moscoso Martínez, Vadim Zarubin, Geethapriya Rajasekaran Rathnakumar, Alireza Zarineh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9581395