CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA
Abstract:
Described as a type of soft-tissue tumour with malignant potential, hemangiopericytoma
originates at the level of the pericytes, cells located in the walls of the capillaries. Although the
etiology is not completely elucidated, it seems that the genetic factor plays an important role in the
appearance of this type of tumour. Several cases with autosomal recessive transmission have been
described in the literature. It is a formation that can occur at any age, but is more common after the
age of 40. In fact, following multiple scientific studies, it has been concluded that the average age of
affected people is somewhere around 45 years, while the survival rate at 10 years is 70%. Several
cases have also been described in childhood (the percentage of occurrence at this age is between 5
and 10%). The sex incidence is equal. In what follows, I thought of presenting the case of a 90-yearold
male person, diagnosed with an infiltrative and vegetative tumour formation located in the cavum,
which turned out to be, after the anatomopathological examination, a hemangiopericytoma.
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