Intracranial Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Case of a 21-Year-Old Male With Olfactory Hallucination
Jackson E Rudolph,
Guerard P Grice,
Michael H Lawless
Abstract:Meningeal solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are a rare central nervous system neoplastic process, resulting in frequent misdiagnosis as meningioma prior to pathologic analysis. Appropriate diagnosis is essential to lowering morbidity and mortality, as Grade II or III SFTs are aggressive neoplasms that possess metastatic potential. The existing data may suggest that intracranial SFTs primarily afflict those in their fourth through sixth decades of life. However, we present the case of a patient outside this demogr… Show more
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