Intracranial, Extradural, Hemangiopericytoma in a Neonate

Akash Bihari Pati; Santosh Kumar Mahalik; Suvradeep Mitra; Suprava Naik; Kanishka Das

doi:10.4103/ajns.AJNS_94_20

Intracranial, Extradural, Hemangiopericytoma in a Neonate

Asian J Neurosurg. 2020 Aug 28;15(3):686-690. doi: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_94_20. eCollection 2020 Jul-Sep.

Authors

Akash Bihari Pati¹, Santosh Kumar Mahalik¹, Suvradeep Mitra², Suprava Naik³, Kanishka Das¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
³ Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Abstract

Intracranial infantile hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a rare, sparsely documented neoplasm with a relatively favorable prognosis than its adult counterpart. We describe a neonatal extradural, intracranial, infantile HPC managed with near-total excision.

Keywords: Extradural; hemangiopericytoma; intracranial; neonate; tumor; vascular.

Publication types

Case Reports