Open AccessSpinal Hemangiopericytoma
Author(s) -
Antônio Santos De Araújo Júnior,
Arnaldo Salvestrini Júnior,
Pedro Alberto Arlani,
Orlando Parisi,
Mirella Martins Fazzito,
Conrado Furtado de Albuquerque Cavalcanti,
Hae Won Lee,
Ricardo Antenor De Souza E Souza,
Luiz Heraldo Arouche da Câmara Lopes
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v23i1.1147
Subject(s) - hemangiopericytoma , spinal cord , medicine , central nervous system , surgery , spinal cord compression , spinal cord neoplasm , immunohistochemistry , spinal column , radiology , pathology , psychiatry
Most hemangiopericytomas (HPC) are located in the musculoskeletal system and the skin, while the location in the central nervous system (CNS) is rare. Objective and Methods: We describe a patient suffering from a spinal extradural huge HPC, with marked spinal cord compression, extending from C6 to T3 level, who was elected to surgery. Results: Patient was submitted to surgery, via a posterior approach, indentifying a huge red-brown firm mass, highly vascular, that was softly dissected from surrounding tissues. Total gross removal was accomplished, with “in-block” resection, preserving neurological function, as shown by somatosensitive evoked potential. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry essay were performed confirming the diagnosis of Hemangiopericytoma. Conclusion: Spinal HPCs respond to approximately 8% of all HPC, tend to occur isolated and attached to spinal duramater, and usually present a good surgical cleavage between the tumor and the dura.