title: Surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a large pineal hemangiopericytoma.
abstract: Hemangiopericytoma of the pineal region is exceedingly rare. We describe a patient with a large pineal region hemangiopericytoma who underwent a third ventriculostomy followed by a gross total resection by a unilateral interhemispheric approach with adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient remains recurrence free 4 years after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Seunggu J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Waldron
authors.forename: Tarik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tihan
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Parsa
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods