Clinical Features, Management, and Prognostic Factors of Intracranial Solitary Fibrous Tumor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of the low incidence and the constantly changing diagnostic and classification criteria, the clinical features, management, and prognostic factors of intracranial solitary fibrous tumor (ISFT) remain unclear and were thus analyzed in this study.

Method

A total of 38 patients with ISFTs who were diagnosed in our institution were enrolled in this study. Patient data including age, gender, clinical presentation, histopathological features, immunohistochemistry staining, tumor location, tumor size, treatment methods, and prognosis were extracted and retrospectively analyzed.

Results

The median age at diagnosis was 45.5 years (range 28-66 years) and the male-to-female ratio was 1:1.53 in our series. The 3-, 5-, and 10-year progression-free survival (PFS)

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197442 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature