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Primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma
Author(s) -
Yousem Samuel A.,
Hochholzer Liselotte
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19870201)59:3<549::aid-cncr2820590332>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangiopericytoma , asymptomatic , lung , histology , radiography , pathology , soft tissue , radiology , feature (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy
Eighteen cases of primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma are reported. These pulmonary sarcomas tend to occur in older individuals, frequently as asymptomatic, non‐calcified solitary masses on chest radiographs. Morphologically, they have a histology similar to their soft tissue counterparts. No single clinical or histologic feature allowed prediction of biologic aggressiveness in these are rare pulmonary sarcomas and the authors recommend that all hemangiopericytomas of lung be considered as potentially malignant.