Open AccessMaxillary haemangiopericytoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Olawunmi Adedoyin Fatusi,
FJ Owotade,
O O Ojo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28115
Subject(s) - medicine , maxilla , radiation therapy , head and neck , hemangiopericytoma , adjuvant radiotherapy , surgery , resection , surgical resection , adjuvant therapy , radiology , chemotherapy , anatomy
Haemangiopericytoma is a very rare slow-growing vascular tumour with a variable malignant potential, constituting less than 1% of all neoplasms. It may arise from any blood vessel and in any organ of the body. Primary haemangiopericytoma of bone is even rarer, constituting about 0.1% of bone tumours. The tumour is extremely rare in Africans and particularly in the head and neck region.