PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hasturk, Askin E.
AU  - Basmaci, Mehmet
AU  - Bozdogan, Nazan
AU  - Canbay, Suat
TI  - Hemangiopericytoma of the pineal region
DP  - 2011 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 159--161
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/2/159.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/16/2/159.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2011 Apr 01; 16
AB  - We report a unique case of a 37-year-old female suffering from hemangiopericytoma of the pineal region, successfully excised by surgery. Hemangiopericytomas are rare malignant vascular tumors arising from mesenchymal cells with pericytic differentiation. These tumors usually develop in the limbs, pelvis, head, neck, and mostly in the muscle tissue. They are aggressive lesions that tend to occur at an earlier age than other meningeal tumors, recur with high frequency, and metastasize extracranially. Hemangiopericytomas represent less than 1% of all CNS tumors. Surgery remains the mainstay treatment. Radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy are the other treatment options.