A Case Report of Hemangiopericytoma

• Main Authors: Mahdi Pilehvar, Saeed Mahmodi, Akram Ansar, Mahmoud Sattari
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2001-03-01
• Series: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
• Subjects: hemangiopericytoma - diagnosis / hemangiopericytoma -pathology / hemangiopericytoma - surgery
• Online Access: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-914-en.html
• ISSN: 2588-722X; 2588-7238

Hemangiopericytoma, is a mesenchymal tumor originated from pericytes    , manifests flesh-colored  or bluish - red firm , nodular asymtomatic masses in    the head, neck, lower limbs, retroperitoneum and  etc, that grows slowly.    Local recurrence is common and metastasis to lung  is reported.  Treatment    of   choice    is   surgical   excision.  Before   biopsy   and    histopathological    examination , diagnosis   of  the lesion is difficult and must be differentiated    from other malignant tumors. In this article, a case of hemangiopericytoma    in the frontal  area  and  left  eye  is  reported  and we reviewed the clinical    and pathological aspects, pathogenesis and treatment of the tumor .