J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 86(8): 959-965, 1985
Original article
A CASE OF HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA IN THE PELVIC RETROPERITONEUM AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE OF HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA IN THE RETROPERITONEAL SPACE IN JAPAN
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Department of Surgery, Shonai Hospital, Tsuruoka, Japan Kunio Takano, Nobuo Suzuki, Hiroshi Saito, Kiyoshi Ishibashi, Kohjyu Nitta, Eishin Hoshi, Kimio Kondo |
A case of hemangiopericytoma in the pelvic retroperitoneum is reported. The patient, a 57 year old man, was admitted because of dysuria. He underwent extirpation of the tumor with the rectum by low anterior resection. The pathological diagnosis was malignant hemangiopericytoma, and Adriamycin was administered to prevent reccurence or metastasis. He has been free from any reccurence or metastasis for the last eight months.
Twenty cases of hemangiopericytoma in the retroperitoneum including our case, were collected from Japanese literature and reviews. Hemangiopericytoma, especially in the retroperitoneal space, should be regarded as a highly malignant tumor. Early aggressive therapy and long term follow up are recommended because the tumor characteristically produces late local reccurence and metastasis.
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