%0 Journal Article
%T Management of Patients with Hemangiopericytoma: Case Report and Literature Review
%J American Journal of Health Research
%@ 2330-8796
%D 2019
%X The hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare tumors of the dural base and correspond of less than 1% of all primary Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors. It usually affects adult males with 40 to 50 years old and has a supratentorial location (70%), followed by posterior fossa (15%) and spine (15%). Generally, it has fast progression and manifests clinically through headache, focal neurological deficits and epileptic seizures. The tumor has high incidence of local recurrence, from 34% to 90%, and it is estimated that the follow-up of these patients should be done for at least 7, 5 years. The percentage of long-distance metastases is lower, 12% to 55%, affecting especially bones, lungs and liver, in decreasing order. The objective of this study is to evaluate the contradictions when approaching these tumors and to analyze a rare case of pediatric involvement. It was prepared a case report and a literature review was made using the data bases MEDLINE£¿, PubMed and Cochrane, where 31 relevant articles were selected related to the proposed study. The outcome of HPC treatment can change according to the tumor¡¯s location in the CNS or extracranial, the tumor¡¯s size and the histopathological classification. Therefore, many studies have been proposed observing the answer of the surgical resection, the adjuvant radiotherapy, the radiosurgery and the antiangiogenic therapies
%K Hemangioperycitoma
%K Radiosurgery
%K Radiotherapy
%K Surgery
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=656&doi=10.11648/j.ajhr.20190702.12