Hemangiopericytoma in children and infants

Fetal Multicentric Hemangiopericytoma: Case Report

“…Ayırıcı tanıda infantil hemanjiom, infantil myofibromatozis, nöroblastom, fibrosarkom, rabdomyosarkom, anjiosarkom gibi pek çok yumuşak doku tümörü düşünülmelidir (6,7). Radyolojik incelemelere tümö-rün yayılımını belirlemek ve cerrahi planlama açısından gereksinim vardır (8).…”

A newborn with infantile fibrosarcoma of foot: treatment with chemotherapy and extremity-sparing surgery

“…6 Hemangiopericytoma is a soft-tissue neoplasm most commonly seen in adults, with 5 to 10% of cases occurring in children. In children older than 1 year, it behaves in a manner similar to adult Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma C Akyü z et al hemangiopericytoma, 7 and 30 to 50% of it occurs in the extremities. 8 Infantile hemangiopericytoma is histologically identical to adult type but has a more benign clinical course.…”

Malignant Hemangiopericytoma in the Pelvic Cavity Successfully Treated by Combined-Modality Therapy: Report of a Case

“…10 Radiotherapy or chemotherapy can be given as adjuvant therapy, but previous reports suggest that hemangiopericytoma is more resistant to these treatment modalities in adults 3 than in children and infants. [11][12][13] Recent reports describe the effectiveness of postoperative radiotherapy for positive surgical margins and high-grade histology in hemangiopericytoma of the head and neck, and for reducing the risk of local recurrence in meningeal hemangiopericytoma. 14,15 On the other hand, preoperative radiotherapy for recurrent tumors might make complete surgical excision possible.…”