Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon perivascular tumor. Rectal Hemangiopericytomas are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases have been reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p>...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon perivascular tumor. Rectal Hemangiopericytomas are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases have been reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 37-year-old Asian woman with an Hemangiopericytoma rising from the anterior wall of her rectum. Abdominopelvic computed tomography showed a 7.4 cm solid mass between her uterus and her rectum. Heterogeneous gradual enhancement after intravenous injection of contrast material was noted with several tortuous vessels around her tumor. Intra-operative findings indicated a capsule and well-circumscribed solid tumor connecting with the anterior wall of her rectum by a small pedicle. With immunohistochemical stains, her tumor cells reacted positive for Bcl-2, CD34, and ki67 and negative for CD10, CD117, S100, and Desmin. Follow-up computed tomography scans have shown no tumor recurrence or metastasis signs.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Rectal Hemangiopericytoma is a rare tumor with non-specific imaging findings. Hemangiopericytomas should be included in the differential list when a massive tumor with heterogeneously gradual enhancement in the regions of the rectum is encountered.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e6b5b793a28401880a0f784ecb1c45f2022-12-22T02:47:40ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472011-08-015135210.1186/1752-1947-5-352Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literatureZhou ChangZhang LongLu LiLu Guang<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon perivascular tumor. Rectal Hemangiopericytomas are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases have been reported in the literature.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 37-year-old Asian woman with an Hemangiopericytoma rising from the anterior wall of her rectum. Abdominopelvic computed tomography showed a 7.4 cm solid mass between her uterus and her rectum. Heterogeneous gradual enhancement after intravenous injection of contrast material was noted with several tortuous vessels around her tumor. Intra-operative findings indicated a capsule and well-circumscribed solid tumor connecting with the anterior wall of her rectum by a small pedicle. With immunohistochemical stains, her tumor cells reacted positive for Bcl-2, CD34, and ki67 and negative for CD10, CD117, S100, and Desmin. Follow-up computed tomography scans have shown no tumor recurrence or metastasis signs.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Rectal Hemangiopericytoma is a rare tumor with non-specific imaging findings. Hemangiopericytomas should be included in the differential list when a massive tumor with heterogeneously gradual enhancement in the regions of the rectum is encountered.</p>http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/352 |
| spellingShingle | Zhou Chang Zhang Long Lu Li Lu Guang Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| title | Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature |
| title_full | Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature |
| title_short | Rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature |
| title_sort | rectal hemangiopericytoma in a 37 year old woman a case report and review of the literature |
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