title: Retroperitoneal pelvic hemangiopericytoma. Combined abdominoperineal resection.
abstract: We report a case of large-size pelvic hemangiopericytoma (HPC) incidentally discovered in a 32-year-old woman. Prior to surgery the patient was studied using a CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Because of the size and scarce extent of the tumour (it expanded downwards, into the right ischiorectal fossa) a combined abdomino-perineal approach was needed for complete resection. Seventy-two months after initial surgery the patient remains asymptomatic, with no signs of local recurrence or distant metastasis.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Service, Hospital de Jerez (SAS), Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain. pgmolina@teleline.es
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-Molina
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Franco Osorio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medina Díez
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods