[A case of hemangiopericytoma in the retroperitoneal cavity and a review of literature in Japan].
A case of hemangiopericytoma in the pelvic retroperitoneum is reported. The patient, a 45-year-old man, visited us with a complaint of sudden urinary retention. Intravenous pyelogram and computerized tomographic scan revealed a large pelvic mass displacing the bladder to the left superiorly. Laparotomy was performed, and biopsy showed the mass to be a malignant hemangiopericytoma. He underwent a surgical excision after receiving irradiation to the true pelvis and embolization of right internal iliac. He developed multiple pulmonary and liver metastases and died 2 years after surgery. Thirty cases of retroperitoneal hemangiopericytoma reported in Japan are reviewed.
Sakuramoto
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T
Department of Urology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital.
Yao
M
M
Sugawara
T
T
Fukushima
S
S
Kameda
Y
Y
D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery