• Imaging Features of Solitary Fibrous Tumors

    AJR:196, March 2011

    Daniel T. Ginat, Aqiba Bokhari, Shweta Bhatt, Vikram Dogra

    OBJECTIVE. The goal of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the multimodality imaging features 'of pleural and extrapleural solitary fibrous tumors.

    CONCLUSION. Solitary fibrous tumors tend to be well-defined, ovoid, heterogeneous-ly enhancing lesions. MRI characteristically depicts areas of low signal intensity that correspond to dense collagen. The findings of lesion multiplicity and hypermetabolism on PET im-ages should raise the suspicion of malignancy.