Pancreas is an Unusual Initial Metastatic Site of Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma

Intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is rare and aggressive tumor with local recurrences as well as distant metastases. The majority of metastases are encountered in bone, lung, and liver. Pancreatic metastasis is extremely rare. Described in the present report is the case of a 41-year-old woman wh...

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Published inTürk onkoloji dergisi Vol. 31; no. 2
Main Author IBIS, Kamuran
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Istanbul Kare Publishing 2016
Subjects
Abdomen
Ascites
Brain cancer
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Gastric cancer
Lungs
Lymphatic system
Magnetic resonance imaging
Metastasis
Microscopy
Nervous system
Neurosurgery
Pancreas
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Patients
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Tomography
Tumors
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Summary:Intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is rare and aggressive tumor with local recurrences as well as distant metastases. The majority of metastases are encountered in bone, lung, and liver. Pancreatic metastasis is extremely rare. Described in the present report is the case of a 41-year-old woman who had undergone surgical resection of intracranial HPC 16 years earlier. The tumor recurred 3 years after the operation and was successfully managed with surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. Thirteen years later, an isolated pancreatic metastasis developed. Patient underwent Whipple procedure for pancreatic head lesion and received adjuvant radiotherapy. Patient died of extensive disease in lungs, bones, mediastinum, cranium and peritoneal carcinomatosis in abdomen 17 months after pancreatic surgery.
ISSN:1300-7467
2717-8978
DOI:10.5505/tjo.2016.1426