[Diagnosis and treatment of intracranial hemangiopericytoma].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the experience in diagnosis and treatment of intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC).


METHODS
The clinical data of 63 patients, 37 males and 26 females, aged 41 (14 - 77), with intracranial HPC were studied retrospectively.


RESULTS
Fifty-eight patients underwent total excision of tumor and 5 patients underwent subtotal excision. Thirty-eight patients were followed up for 3 to 84 months (on average: 25 months), of which 34 underwent conventional external beam radiotherapy as an adjuvant measure after the first operation. Six patients who had local recurrence received second operation. Two patients had metastases to the spine.


CONCLUSIONS
Complete excision followed with radiotherapy can delay the recurrence of HPC, a malignant tumor with rich blood supply, and improve the prognosis. Pre-operative embolization of the feeding artery may be helpful to the surgery and abundant transfusion should be ready intra-operatively.
Yang
Fei
F
Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Xu
Qi-wu
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Xie
Rong
R
Gao
Liang
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies