Surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a large pineal hemangiopericytoma

Brian J Jian; Seunggu J Han; Isaac Yang; James S Waldron; Tarik Tihan; Andrew T Parsa

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.022

Surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a large pineal hemangiopericytoma

J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Sep;17(9):1209-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.022. Epub 2010 Jul 2.

Authors

Brian J Jian¹, Seunggu J Han, Isaac Yang, James S Waldron, Tarik Tihan, Andrew T Parsa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

PMID: 20598546
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.022

Abstract

Hemangiopericytoma of the pineal region is exceedingly rare. We describe a patient with a large pineal region hemangiopericytoma who underwent a third ventriculostomy followed by a gross total resection by a unilateral interhemispheric approach with adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient remains recurrence free 4 years after treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Hemangiopericytoma / diagnosis
Hemangiopericytoma / radiotherapy*
Hemangiopericytoma / surgery*
Humans
Middle Aged
Pineal Gland / pathology*
Pineal Gland / surgery*
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / methods