Local recurrence and distant metastases 18 years after resection of the greater omentum hemangiopericytoma.
BACKGROUND
Hemangiopericytoma occurs with increasing frequency in 5th decade of life and has prediction for retroperitoneum and extremities. A case of a local recurrence and metastases of hemangiopericytoma is described.


METHODS
Recurrence of hemangiopericytoma in the greater omentum and the jejunal mesentery as well as metastases in the retroperitoneal space were diagnosed in a 61-year-old patient who had a hemangiopericytoma of the greater omentum excised 18 years before.


CONCLUSIONS
Because of the rarity of this disease and its typical clinical course associated with late recurrence and metastases, the authors decided to present this case emphasizing the necessity of systematic oncological follow-up after the end of treatment.
Slupski
Maciej
M
Department of Transplantation and General Surgery, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. maciejslupski@wp.pl
Piotrowiak
Ilona
I
Wlodarczyk
Zbigniew
Z
D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*