title: Unusual cause of severe anaemia in a patient with metastatic haemangiopericytoma.
abstract: Haemangiopericytoma is a rare tumor of vascular origin. We report the case of patient with severe refractory anaemia due to peripheral destruction of red blood cells by spleen metastases. Anaemia was successfully treated by splenectomy. Afterwards, our patient developed liver and lung metastases and was treated, in a clinical trial, with gefitinib that stabilised the disease during nine years. These interesting features are discussed.
authors: Centre du Cancer, Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Vanhaudenarde
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Duck
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Mazzeo
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Graux
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Jamar
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Coche
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Galant
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Machiels
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012782:Shoulder; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed