Primary diaphragmatic haemangiopericytoma.

Pyrexia, pancytopenia and macrophage inclusions in an elderly woman.

1 Stout AP, Murray MR. Haemangiopericytoma: a vascular tumour featuring Zimmerman's pericytes. Ann Surg 1942;116:26-33. 2 Bailey PV, Weber TR, Tracy TF, et al Congenital haemangiopericytoma: An unusual vascular neoplasm of infancy. Surgery 1993;114:936-41. 3 Depowski M, Maciejewski Z. Przypadek wrodzonego haemangiopericytoma oczodolu. [Congenital idiopathic orbital haemangiopericytoma.] Patol P...

Primary haemangiopericytoma of bone. Report of two cases.

Primary haemangiopericytoma of the parapharyngeal space: an unusual tumour and review of the literature

Haemangiopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumour, with great histological variability and unpredictable clinical and biological behaviour. The precise cell type origin is uncertain. One third of haemangiopericytomas occur in the head and neck area, but only a few cases have been reported regarding localization at the parapharyngeal space. Herewith, case is presented of a 54-year-old female, ref...

Giant mediastinal haemangiopericytoma: an uncommon case.

Haemangiopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumour characterised by tightly packed tumour cells situated around thin walled endothelial lined vascular channels, ranging from capillary sized vessels to large gaping sinusoidal spaces. The tumour cells are surrounded by reticulin and are negative for muscle, nerve and epithelial markers. The diagnosis of extra-pulmonary intra-thoracic, extra-pleural...

Primary haemangiopericytoma of lung.

Meade, J. B., Whitwell, F., Bickford, B. J., and Waddington, J. K. B. (1974). Thorax, 29, 1-15. Primary haemangiopericytoma of lung. Haemangiopericytoma is a rare neoplasm which may occur at any age and arise in almost any part of the body. At least 247 examples have been reported in the world literature, but only 24 appear to have arisen primarily in the lung. A summary of the features of thes...