Open AccessSino-nasal haemangiopericytoma
Author(s) -
Saurabh Varhney,
R. K. Saxena,
P. P. Bishnu,
Athish Kaushal
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02974328
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , vascular tumor , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , vascular tumors , lesion , soft tissue , hemangiopericytoma , pathology , radiology , surgery , hemangioma
Hemangiopericytomas are very rare soft tissue tumors of vascular origin featurding pericyts distributed around vascular spaces. They have unpredictable biological behavior and a high local recurrence rate. Silver reticulin stain is essential for their histologic diagnosis. Approximately one third occur in the head and neck. Metastases occurs in nearly one half of all cases. They are relatively radioresistant despite their great vascular component. Wide local excision of the lesion, whenever feasible and lifelong follow-up should be the treatment of choice.