[Hemangiopericytoma at the transverse sinus presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage: case report].
The authors report on a patient with hemangiopericytoma(HPC). This 43-year-old female presented severe headache, vomiting and right homonymous hemianopsia. Magnetic resonance imaging and an angiogram showed a tumor above the left transverse sinus. The patient underwent a total resection of the tumor and reconstruction of the transverse sinus without additional neurological deficits. Based on the findings shown in this case report, hemangiopericytoma should be included in the differential diagnosis from benign meningioma. Because this tumor often undergoes recurrences and metastases, we recommend a combination of radical surgical extirpation of followed by postoperative radiotherapy.
Shirai
Wakako
W
Department of Neurosurgery, Nayoro City Hospital, West 7 South 8, Nayoro, Hokkaido 096-8511, Japan.
Tokumitsu
Naoki
N
Sako
Kazuhiro
K
Takahashi
Toshiyuki
T
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans