Open AccessHemangiopericytoma of greater omentum presenting as a huge abdominal lump
Author(s) -
Damodar Chatterjee,
Pradip Sarkar,
Niladri Sengupta,
W Gopimohan Singh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.39626
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangiopericytoma , greater omentum , laparotomy , histopathology , vascular tumor , radiology , surgery , pathology
Hemangiopericytoma is a rare neoplasm that can occur in any part of the human body, but it rarely develops in the greater omentum. We report a case of a patient who presented with a huge abdominal lump. At laparotomy, a huge vascular tumor, which was observed originating from the greater omentum, was resected. Histopathology investigation revealed this tumor as a benign hemangiopericytoma with a malignant potential.