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Cerebral haemangiopericytoma treated with conservative surgery and radiotherapy
J H Rees1, N D Kitchen, R P Beaney
1Institute of Neurology, London, UK. j.rees@ion.u-cl.ac.uk
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|June 15, 2000
Abstract:
Cerebral haemangiopericytomas are rare tumours that resemble meningiomas but behave more aggressively, with a tendency to metastasize. We report two patients with haemangiopericytoma who had limited surgical resections owing to perioperative blood loss but who had massive tumour shrinkage after a course of radical radiotherapy. We suggest a more conservative surgical approach to the management of these tumours.