Metastatic Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma to the Spinal Column: A Case Report.
10.14791/btrt.2016.4.2.128
- Author:
Myung Sung JOO
1
;
Young Joon RHO
;
Sang Woo SONG
;
Young Cho KOH
;
Hong Gee ROH
;
So Dug LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. kohyc@kuh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemangiopericytoma;
Metastasis;
Surgery;
Lumbar vertebrae
- MeSH:
Abdominal Cavity;
Brain Neoplasms;
Diagnosis;
Hemangiopericytoma*;
Liver;
Lumbar Vertebrae;
Lung;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Radiotherapy;
Recurrence;
Spine*
- From:Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
2016;4(2):128-132
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a rare brain tumor with aggressive biologic behavior associated with high recurrence rate and often with extracranial metastasis. The most common sites of extracranial metastasis of the intracranial HPC are the long bones, lung, liver and abdominal cavity in the order of frequencies. Extracranial metastases usually occur long after the initial diagnosis of the primary tumor. Metastatic intracranial HPC to the vertebra has been rarely reported. We present a case of intracranial HPC metastasized to the L2 vertebral body 13 years after multiple surgical resections and radiotherapy of the primary intracranial HPC.
