Case Report
 
Recurrent hemangiopericytoma of fourth ventricle in a 40-year-old women
Yusra Shafique1, Ruqaiya Shahid2, Shaheen Sharafat3
1MBBS, MPhil Research Fellow (Histopathology), Department of Pathology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
2MBBS, FCPS (Histopathology), Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
3MBBS, MPhil, PhD, Head of Pathology department, Director DDRRL, DIMC, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Article ID: 100018Z11YS2017
doi:10.5348/Z11-2017-18-CR-7

Corresponding Author:
Dr. Yusra Shafique,
MBBS, MPhil Research Fellow (Histopathology),
Department of Pathology,
Dow University of Health Sciences,
Karachi, Pakistan

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Shafique Y, Shahid R, Sharafat S. Recurrent hemangiopericytoma of fourth ventricle in a 40-year-old women. J Case Rep Images Pathol 2017;3:24–27.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: We report a recurrent case of hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor of fourth ventricle that was misdiagnosed as atypical meningioma.
Case Report: We report a case of hemangiopericytoma in a 40-year-old female. Hemangiopericytoma can occur anywhere where capillaries present, it is a rare tumor with uncommon location in the Central nervous system. It has only recently been included in ‘mesenchymal, non-meningiothelial tumors’ in revised WHO classification of 2016. It should be differentiated from meningioma as the hemangiopericytoma is more aggressive and metastasizes and this patient was misdiagnosed as the case of atypical meningioma on magnetic resonance imaging scan.
Conclusion: Intracranial hemangiopericytoma/ solitary fibrous tumor should be distinguished from meningioma as the former is locally aggressive and can metastasize.

Keywords: Fourth ventricle, Hemangiopericytoma, Meningioma, Solitary fibrous tumor, WHO classification of CNS tumors


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Author Contributions
Yusra Shafique – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Ruqaiya Shahid – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Shaheen Sharafat – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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