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Haemangiopericytoma of the submental region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

H. Constantinides
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
C. Toh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
A. T. Warfield
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
A. P. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.

Abstract

Haemangiopericytoma refers to an uncommon vascular/perivascular neoplasm of which a minority of cases arise in the head and neck. It comprises a group of lesions with marked clinical and pathological heterogeneity and a lack of positive criteria by which to make a definitive diagnosis.

We describe an unusual case of such a tumour in the submental region, review its pathological features and discuss issues in management and prognosis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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