Primary pulmonary haemangiopericytoma: a very rare case.
Hemangiopericytoma is a mesenchymal neoplasm originating from pericytes--a cell type that surround capillaries. Its primary localization in the lung is extremely rare. A 41-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with an abnormal opacity on his chest X-ray. A primary tumor, located in the left upper lobe, was resected, and final diagnosis was hemangiopericytoma of pulmonary origin. The patient has been well for 2 years since the operation with no sign of recurrence or metastasis. A rare case of primary pulmonary tumor has been presented, and possibilities and difficulties in diagnosis as well as therapy are discussed.
Han
Serdar
S
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Sihhiye Altindag, Metis Doruk Sitesi D Blok No. 8, Keklikpinari Dikmen, Ankara, Turkey. serdarhan1@yahoo.com
Yazkan
Rasih
R
Cakiroglu
Ece
E
Sakinci
Unal
U
D000328:Adult; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography