[Hemangiopericytoma-like tumor (HPCLT) of the nasal cavity: morphological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features].
A case of hemangiopericytoma-like tumour (HPCLT) of the nasal cavity is described in a 81-year-old woman. The tumour, accompanied by symptoms of nasal obstruction and epistaxis, presented as a polypoid lesion filling the left middle meatus region. Histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscope studies revealed a uniform sheet-like proliferation of spindle to oval vimentin-positive cells growing around a rich vascular network. The favourable outcome sixteen months after endoscopic sphenoethmoidectomy would seem to confirm the diagnosis of HPCLT. The differential diagnosis of this rare lesion is discussed.
Squillaci
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Servizio di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale di Vallecamonica, Esine, Brescia. apesine@hotmail.com
Leone
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Lambertenghi
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Bertoletti
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Pizzoli
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Rodolfi
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*