title: Intraspinal hemangiopericytoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Hemangiopericytoma, a tumor whose origin is controversial, rarely affects the central nervous system and is even more rarely spinal. We report a case of the spinal variety and discuss its clinical and pathological features, diagnosis, and treatment in the light of relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ciappetta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Artico
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed