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Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma of eyelid: An unusual location.

Authors :
Ventrapati P
Pathy S
Gandhi AK
Kashyap S
Source :
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics [J Cancer Res Ther] 2017 Jan-Mar; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 145-147.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare soft tissue tumors. The eyelid is a very uncommon site for these tumors, and an anaplastic variant of HPC in the eyelid has not been reported before. A 44-year-old male presented with complaints of slowly progressive, painless swelling on the inner aspect of the left upper eyelid for 9 months. He underwent local excision of the swelling and histopathology revealed a WHO Grade III anaplastic HPC. Whole body 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography done postoperatively did not show any evidence of local or distant disease. The patient was planned for adjuvant radiotherapy of 60 Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks in view of high grade of histopathology and doubtful margins. He is disease free at the time of the last follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of anaplastic HPC of eyelid being reported in English literature.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1998-4138
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
28508850
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1482.206240