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Case Reports
Primary epidural malignant hemangiopericytoma of thoracic spinal column causing cord compression: case report.
- Mohammad Mohammadianpanah, Simin Torabinejad, Mohammad Hadi Bagheri, Shapour Omidvari, Ahmad Mosalaei, and Niloofar Ahmadloo.
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. mohpanah@sums.ac.ir
- Sao Paulo Med J. 2004 Sep 2; 122 (5): 220222220-2.
ContextHemangiopericytoma is an uncommon mesenchymal neoplasm that rarely affects the spinal canal. Primary malignant hemangiopericytoma of the spinal column is extremely rare.Case ReportWe 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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