São Paulo Medical Journal | |
Primary epidural malignant hemangiopericytoma of thoracic spinal column causing cord compression: case report | |
Shapour Omidvari1  Niloofar Ahmadloo1  Mohammad Mohammadianpanah1  Ahmad Mosalaei1  Simin Torabinejad1  Mohammad Hadi Bagheri1  | |
[1] Shiraz University of Medical Sciences; | |
关键词: Hemangiopericytoma; Thoracic vertebrae; Neoplasms; Nerve crush; Laminectomy; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S1516-31802004000500009 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
CONTEXT: Hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon mesenchymal neoplasm that rarely affects the spinal canal. Primary malignant hemangiopericytoma of the spinal column is extremely rare. CASE REPORT: We report on a case of primary epidural malignant hemangiopericytoma of the thoracic spinal column that invaded vertebral bone and caused spinal cord compression in a 21-year-old man. The patient presented with progressive back pain over a four-month period that progressed to paraparesis, bilateral leg paresthesia and urinary incontinence. The surgical intervention involved laminectomy and subtotal resection of the tumor, with posterior vertebral fixation. Postoperative involved-field radiotherapy was administered. A marked neurological improvement was subsequently observed. We describe the clinical, radiological, and histological features of this tumor and review the literature.
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