Solitary fibrous tumor of the abdominal wall: a new case with literature review.

Objective: We present a solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the abdominal wall treated laparoscopically.

Method: We will discuss the clinicopathologic characteristics and will present a review of the literature.

Results: SFTs are rare neoplasms of mesenchymal origin.

Retrosternal goiters: safety of surgical treatment.

Retrosternal goiters still pose a problem to expert endocrine surgeons. Whether surgery should be the treatment of choice or not remains controversial because of hypothetical increased morbidity rates associated with the surgical approach. Eighty-three patients were retrospectively reviewed for anesthetic risk, fibrobronchoscopic guidance for intubation, surgical technique, mortality and morbidity rates, and pathological findings.