Hemangiopericytoma

Hemangiopericytoma

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MeshID = D006393A hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries.

It was characterized in 1942.cite journal |author=Brar R, Kulkarni S, Sheikh S, Jindal S, Brar P |title=Hemangiopericytoma associated with multiple keratocystic odontogenic tumors in an adolescent patient: a case report |journal=J Oral Sci |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=233–7 |year=2008 |month=June |pmid=18587218 |doi= |url=http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/josnusd/50.233?from=PubMed] [Stout AP, Murray MR(1942) Hemangiopericytoma: a vascular tumor featuring Zimmermann's pericytes. Ann Surg 116, 26-33]

Treatment

Depending of the grade of the sarcoma, it is treated with surgery,cite journal |author=Ozaki N, Mukohara N, Yoshida M, Shida T |title=Successful resection of giant hemangiopericytoma originating from the left atrium |journal=Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=79–80 |year=2006 |month=April |pmid=17670519 |doi=10.1510/icvts.2005.124107 |url=http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17670519] chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.

References

External links

* [http://www.pathguy.com/~tdemark/0020.htm Photo of tissue]
* [http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site999/mainpageS999P0.html Children's Hospital Boston]
* [http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix/master.php3?mode=topic_images&recnum=3984&quiz=#top MedPix Images of HPC]
* [http://rad.usuhs.mil/rad/handouts/jsmirnio/who97_conversion/sld056.htm USUHS]


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