Rare Case of Intravascular Myopericytoma-Imaging Characteristics and Review of the Literature

Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Oct 13;12(10):2473. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12102473.

Abstract

Myopericytoma is a rare vessel wall tumor, a subtype of hemangiopericytoma that usually develops subcutaneously. Intravascular myopericytoma is a rarer subtype, with only few cases reported in the literature and even fewer with imaging modalities included. We report the case of a 36-year-old man who was referred to our institution with a painless, palpable mass in the right arm and was evaluated with MRI, grey-scale and Doppler-mode ultrasound. Tumor histopathology and imaging characteristics are presented together with the role that each imaging modality played in the management of the patient.

Keywords: arterial wall; brachial artery; intravascular; myopericytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

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This research received no external funding.