Traumatic Facial Myopericytoma: A Differential to Consider

J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jun;28(4):e327-e329. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003573.

Abstract

Myopericytoma is a slow-growing, benign soft tissue neoplasm that arises from perivascular smooth muscle cells. This tumor is a rare entity itself, but it is only scarcely mentioned in the literature occurring secondary to trauma. The authors report a 21-year-old male patient who presented with a pulsatile mass in the medial canthal area where he had experienced previous trauma from a car accident 1-year prior. The mass was excised and histopathology revealed myopericytoma. This clinical report adds to the limited body of evidence supporting trauma as an etiology for this rare tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Facial Injuries / complications
  • Facial Neoplasms / etiology
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hemangiopericytoma / etiology
  • Hemangiopericytoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / etiology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Young Adult