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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Solitary Extrapleural Fibrous Tumor in Salivary Glands: Our Experience-Case Series and Literature Review.

Ciro Emiliano Boschetti, Rita Vitagliano, Gianmaria Imola, Nicola Cornacchini, Maria Luisa Colella, Gianpaolo Tartaro, Giuseppe Colella

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Haemangiopericytoma and solitary fibrous tumour of the parotid gland: a scoping review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ciro Emiliano BoschettiOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4135-4246
Rita VitaglianoOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Gianmaria ImolaOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Nicola CornacchiniOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Maria Luisa ColellaOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Gianpaolo TartaroOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe ColellaOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Special- 8 ties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4197-9617
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Extrapleural solitary fibrous tumors (ESFTs) are rare oncological entities occurring in the head and neck, and even more so in the salivary glands. The clinical presentation and histologic features are usually unspecific, resulting in frequent misclassification. As an unusual tumor, ESTFs have an unpredictable clinical behavior. (2) Methods: We present two clinical cases referred to our Maxillofacial Surgery Unit for the onset of a symptomless mass involving, in one case, the parotid gland, and in the other case, the sublingual gland. (3) Results: Solitary fibrous tumors could be considered as neoplasms with intermediate biological behavior that are not entirely predictable on the basis of morphological features, as these are mostly still unknown. However, a few histologic, immunohistochemical, and imaging features, such as a hypodense signal at the T1 sequence in an MRI, or positivity for CD34, bcl2, and CD99, and the NAB2-STATS6 fusion gene, could be useful for an early differential diagnosis of ESTFs. (4) Conclusions: All patients were alive at follow-up with no evidence of disease. Surgical management should always be considered as the first choice for oncological radicality, and clinical behavior should always be defined with the help of the study of radiological and anatomopathological features.

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benign tumorsmalignanciesparotid glandsalivary glandsolitary extrapleural fibrous tumorsolitary extrapleural fibrous tumor of the head and the necksublingual glandsubmandibular gland

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PMID36359531
PMCPMC9688987
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