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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan;97(1):335-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.128.

Primary mediastinal hemangiopericytoma treated with preoperative embolization and surgery

Pranjal Kulshreshtha  1 , Narayanan Kannan  2 , Reena Bhardwaj  3 , Swati Batra  2 , Srishti Gupta  3
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Primary mediastinal hemangiopericytoma treated with preoperative embolization and surgery

Pranjal Kulshreshtha et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Hemangiopericytomas are rare tumors originating from vascular pericytes. The mediastinum is an extremely uncommon site with only a few cases reported. Diagnosis is based on histopathology and immunohistochemistry, which differentiates them from synovial sarcoma and solitary fibrous histiocytoma. They have a variable malignant potential. Treatment is mainly surgical extirpation as the role of adjuvant therapy is controversial. Preoperative embolization has been sparingly used. We report a case of primary mediastinal hemangiopericytoma in a 47-year-old man treated successfully with preoperative embolization and surgery.

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