A case of hemangiopericytoma of the soft palate with articulate disorder and dysphagia.
- Author:
Yasuyuki MICHI
1
;
Miho SUZUKI
;
Kazuto KUROHARA
;
Kiyoshi HARADA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: 12E7 Antigen; Antigens, CD; analysis; Antigens, CD34; analysis; Articulation Disorders; etiology; Cell Adhesion Molecules; analysis; Deglutition Disorders; etiology; Follow-Up Studies; Hemangiopericytoma; complications; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Palatal Neoplasms; complications; Palate, Soft; pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vimentin; analysis
- From: International Journal of Oral Science 2013;5(2):111-114
- CountryChina
- Language:English
- Abstract: We report a case of hemangiopericytoma of the soft palate of 60-year-old patient, who noticed a mass of the soft palate and experienced difficulty in speaking. We found a pediculate, hard, elastic mass measuring 38 mm (cross-sectional diameter). Computed tomography (CT) scans and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed irregularly shaped mass and revealed a heterogeneous internal composition, consistent with vascular tumors. We excised the tumor under general anesthesia. Histopathological diagnosis was based on positive immunoreactivity of CD99 and vimentin and weak, positive staining of CD34. Three and half years following tumor excision, there is no recurrence or metastasis.
