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Mediastinal Solitary Fibrous Tumor
A localized neoplasm of probable fibroblastic derivation, that arises from the mediastinum. It is characterized by the presence of round to spindle-shaped cells, hylanized stroma formation, thin-walled branching blood vessels, and thin bands of collagen. (NCI Thesaurus)
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