Late recurrence of an abdominal haemangiopericytoma - 17 Downloads
Late recurrence of an abdominal haemangiopericytoma
D A Rew MA FRCS, J P Allen MB BS
We report a patient with a recurrence of an abdominal haemangiopericytoma 24 years after excision of the primary lesion from the pelvic retroperitoneum. Review of a representative slide of the original lesion confirmed this.
Case report
A 61-year-old woman presented in July 1985 with a brief history of abdominal discomfort. Examination revealed a 15 cm diameter smooth, hard, mobile mass in the right upper abdomen. Her serum electrolytes, full blood count, blood sugar and liver function tests were normal. An ultrasound scan demonstrated no intrahepatic deposits. At laparotomy, a solitary, smooth, well-defined vascular tumour was excised from the anterior leaf of the greater omentum. No other lesion could be found. Previously, in March 1961, she had had a palpable tumour excised from the pelvic retroperitoneum, followed by a course of radiotherapy and a hysterectomy in July 1961 for menorrhagia. She then remained completely well until 1985.
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