Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of Literature

Intracranial hemangiopericytoma is unusual, and those occurring in the posterior fossa are extremely rare. Surgery followed by radiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment. These tumors are known to recur locally and distant metastases are reported. Multicentricity either in the primary setting or in r...

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Main Authors: Harish Naik, Velho Vernon, Anuj Bhide, Amrita Guha, Laxmikant Bhople, Nimesh Jain
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-06-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1603682
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Anuj Bhide
Amrita Guha
Laxmikant Bhople
Nimesh Jain
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description Intracranial hemangiopericytoma is unusual, and those occurring in the posterior fossa are extremely rare. Surgery followed by radiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment. These tumors are known to recur locally and distant metastases are reported. Multicentricity either in the primary setting or in recurrent setting is rarely reported. We report here a rare case of multicentric posterior fossa hemangiopericytoma occurring in a 38-year-old man at two different intervals. The patient underwent total excision of right tentorial hemangiopericytoma in 2013, followed by radiotherapy. After being free from disease for 3 years, he developed a similar lesion on left tentorial leaflet in 2016 for which a total excision was once again done followed by adjuvant radiotherapy.
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spelling doaj-art-3829e88bb55c41eda7e3ff13fe886ecc2025-08-20T03:55:11ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-91672017-06-01060211311610.1055/s-0037-1603682Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of LiteratureHarish Naik0Velho Vernon1Anuj Bhide2Amrita Guha3Laxmikant Bhople4Nimesh Jain5Department of Neurosurgery, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Radiology, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaIntracranial hemangiopericytoma is unusual, and those occurring in the posterior fossa are extremely rare. Surgery followed by radiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment. These tumors are known to recur locally and distant metastases are reported. Multicentricity either in the primary setting or in recurrent setting is rarely reported. We report here a rare case of multicentric posterior fossa hemangiopericytoma occurring in a 38-year-old man at two different intervals. The patient underwent total excision of right tentorial hemangiopericytoma in 2013, followed by radiotherapy. After being free from disease for 3 years, he developed a similar lesion on left tentorial leaflet in 2016 for which a total excision was once again done followed by adjuvant radiotherapy.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1603682hemangiopericytomasurgeryradiotherapy
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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
hemangiopericytoma
surgery
radiotherapy
title Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of Literature
title_full Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of Literature
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title_full_unstemmed Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of Literature
title_short Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma of Posterior Fossa: A Rare Case and Review of Literature
title_sort multicentric hemangiopericytoma of posterior fossa a rare case and review of literature
topic hemangiopericytoma
surgery
radiotherapy
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1603682
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