Surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a large pineal hemangiopericytoma.
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.
Jian
Brian J
BJ
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Han
Seunggu J
SJ
Yang
Isaac
I
Waldron
James S
JS
Tihan
Tarik
T
Parsa
Andrew T
AT
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