Pericardial hemangiopericytoma as a cause of dysphagia.
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.
Galvin
I F
IF
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Bowe
P
P
Mellon
K
K
Gibbons
J R
JR
Maghout
M
M
Bharucha
H
H
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