A five-week-old girl with inspiratory stridor due to infantile hemangiopericytoma.
A 5-week-old girl with inspiratory stridor is presented. No immediate cause of the stridor was found, but eventually a diagnosis of infantile hemangiopericytoma located in the rhinopharynx was made. After surgery all respiratory symptoms disappeared.


CONCLUSIONS
Infantile hemangiopericytoma is a rare tumour of infancy and a very rare cause of inspiratory stridor in this age group. The mainstay of treatment is surgery. The overall prognosis is favourable but because of the unpredictable nature of the tumour, long-term follow-up is recommended.
Hansen
Jonas K
JK
Department of Paediatrics, Herning Hospital, Gl. Landelvej, 61 7400, Herning, Denmark. dr.jonas@hansen.mail.dk
Soerensen
Flemming Brandt
FB
Christensen
Mogens Fjord
MF
D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology