Hemangiopericytoma in nasal cavity: a case report.
- Author:
Honghai HU
;
Qifeng SHI
;
Jidong CHEN
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Endoscopy;
Epistaxis;
Ethmoid Sinus;
pathology;
Female;
Hemangiopericytoma;
diagnosis;
pathology;
Humans;
Inflammation;
pathology;
Middle Aged;
Nasal Cavity;
pathology;
Nasal Polyps;
pathology;
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local;
Nose Neoplasms;
diagnosis;
pathology;
Sphenoid Sinus;
pathology
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(9):853-854
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
We report a case of a 46 year old female patient with nasal hemangiopericytoma. She complained of left nasal congestion, pus snot for 10 years, sometimes with left nasal bleeding. Physical examination: in the left nasal tract saw red soft neoplasm, roughness surface, easy bleeding when touched. Sinus CT shows: bilateral maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus, sphenoid sinus and the left posterior nasal cavity lesions, considering inflammation with the formation of polyps, tumor not excluded. The left nasal cavity neoplasm biopsy shows: hemangioma of left nasal cavity. After admission in general anesthesia, we do transnasal endoscopic sinus openning operation and the left nasal cavity neoplasm resection. Postoperative pathological examination shows: the left nasal cavity hemangiopericytoma. Immunohistochemical showed: Vimentin(+), Smooth muscle actin(+), Desmin(-), endothelial cells CD31(-) and CD34(-). No postoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy, no tumor recurrence. After one year of follow-up, the contact was lost.
