title: Pericardial hemangiopericytoma as a cause of dysphagia.
abstract: A 68-year-old woman was seen with recent-onset dysphagia. Investigations suggested a large retrocardiac tumor. At thoracotomy, a highly vascular tumor was found, involving the posterior and left aspect of the pericardium with attachment to the heart. The lesion was partially removed, and histopathological analysis revealed a malignant hemangiopericytoma. To our knowledge, this tumor site and its presentation have not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bowe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mellon
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maghout
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bharucha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology