Cerebral haemangiopericytoma treated with conservative surgery and radiotherapy.
Cerebral haemangiopericytomas are rare tumours that resemble meningiomas but behave more aggressively, with a tendency to metastasize. We report two patients with haemangiopericytoma who had limited surgical resections owing to perioperative blood loss but who had massive tumour shrinkage after a course of radical radiotherapy. We suggest a more conservative surgical approach to the management of these tumours.
Rees
J H
JH
Institute of Neurology, London, UK. j.rees@ion.u-cl.ac.uk
Kitchen
N D
ND
Beaney
R P
RP
Brada
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant