title: [Hemangiopericytoma of the lumbar spine].
abstract: Hemangiocytoma are rare malignant vascular tumor. Vertebral location is uncommun. They occur preferentially at the lumbo-sacrul spine with paravertebral extension. The features include spinal pains, para vertebral tumefaction and paresthesia. The CT and MRI scans can help to diagnosis which is histological. The treatment is surgical combined or no with radiotherapy. The pronostic is marqued by the recidive risk and metastases. We report a new case of vertebral hemangiopericytoma of the thoraco-lumbar spine with litteratur review.
authors.affiliation: Service De roadiologie Institut National De Neurologie De Tunis.
authors.forename: Houda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Megdiche Bazarbacha
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouchriha
authors.forename: Rim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sebai
authors.forename: Lotfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belghith
authors.forename: Slaheddine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Touibi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed