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Volume 26

October - December 2010

Number  4


 

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A giant malignant
hemangiopericytoma of the orbit

Xiao Huang1, Ruili Wei2, Jiping Cai3

ABSTRACT

An 81-year-old man with hemangiopericytoma had clinically conspicuous manifestation of a first slowly then rapidly growing, painless, and sublobe-like mass in the left orbit, proptosis, massive bleeding, and underwent orbital exenteration with keeping the eyelids. The tumor reoccurred 21 months after the operation and the patient had prolonged, serious hemorrhage in the left orbit and died of brain metastasis six months later. The etiology and inducement factors were unknown, but it is suspected that the fatal family casualty might be a more important inducement than trauma for this patient.

KEY WORDS: Malignant hemangiopericytoma, Orbit, Case report.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2010    Vol. 26 No. 4    973-975

How to cite this article:

Huang X, Wei R, Cai J. A giant malignant hemangiopericytoma of the orbit. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(4):973-975


1. Xiao Huang, MD,
2. Ruili Wei, MD,
3. Jiping Cai, MD,
1-3: Department of Ophthalmology,
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital,
The Second Military Medical University,
Shanghai 200003, China

Correspondence:

Dr. Rui-Li Wei,
Department of Ophthalmology,
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital,
415 Fengyang Road,
Shanghai 200003, China.
E-mail: ruiliwei@gmail.com

* Received for Publication: August 16, 2010

* Accepted: August 25, 2010



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