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Published on: October 20, 2016
The molecular mechanisms on glomangiopericytoma invasion
Qiang Sun1, Chunye Zhang, Wantao Chen
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai 200011, China. william5218@126.com.
Purpose:
To observed the imaging and pathological features of the glomangiopericytoma.
Experimental Design:
In this paper we report a typical case of glomangiopericytoma arising in the skull base area and summarize the clinical manifestations, imaging and pathological features of such diseases.
Results:
Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the tumor cells were strongly positive to Vim, SMA, MSA and negative to CD31, CD34. Partial cells were positive to FVIII. The imaging can't confirm the diagnosis but indicate the the tumor has intact envelope.The cells in the tumor envelope is positive to Vim and negative SMA and FVIII. These findings were compatible with glomangiopericytoma and the cells in the tumor envelope is not glomangiopericytoma cells.
Conclusion:
In view of the clinical and pathological features of the glomangiopericytoma, we believe that the surgery is the best treatment so far and the tumor can be resected completely. The above results can be preliminary reason to explain the low recurrence of such diseases.
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