Hemangiopericytoma

Bone
Vascular tumors of bone
Hemangiopericytoma

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 27 October 2016, last major update June 2005

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Table of Contents

Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Differential diagnosis | Additional references

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Definition / general

Most common site is pelvis
Benign or malignant behavior

Case reports

Patient with tumor of sternum (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1991;115:242)

Microscopic (histologic) description

Uniform round / oval cells arranged around deformed vascular spaces

Differential diagnosis

Metastatic hemangiopericytoma from meninges

Additional references

Am J Surg Pathol 2004;28:1