A Unique Case: Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Mandible

Solitary fi brous tumors (SFTs) were fi rstly reported in the pleura by Klemperer and Rabin [1], in 1931. These tumors are rare lesions and most commonly arise in the thoracic cavity [2]. Most of them occur as slow-growing painless masses. Rarely, larger tumors may be a source of paraneoplastic syndromes such as hypoglycemia owing to the production of insulinlike growth factor [3,4]. SFT is a mesenchymal neoplasm, previously nomenclatured as localized benign mesothelioma, submesothelioma, or localized fi brous tumor of the pleura [5]. It is now recognized that this may also occurs in extrapleural sites.