Pleuropulmonary haemangiopericytoma masquerading as a post-infective encysted pleural effusion.
Haemangiopericytoma, a rare mesenchymal tumour infrequently found within the thorax, is described in a patient who presented with a pleural mass following a lower respiratory tract infection. Specific radiological features leading to a diagnosis have previously been suggested; however, these are challenged in view of the findings in this case. Haemangiopericytoma ought to be considered in the differential diagnosis of an asymptomatic enlarging pleuropulmonary soft tissue mass.
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Department of Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
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Clarke
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed