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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Clinical Case 18 - ANSWER

What can your diagnosis be for this case ?

The patient before surgery. A 74-year-old female patient presented with a large right-sided neck mass. The skin over the _____ was intact and normal.

Computer Tomography scan. A computer tomography scan showed a large submucosal mass in the neck, 8-9 cm in greatest diameter, extending to the muscular sites.

Histopathological examination

ANSWER

Hemangiopericytoma of the neck

Histopathological examination. Histopathological examination of the surgical specimen revealed the presence of solitary fibrous tumor, cellular variant, with haemangiopericytoma-like features (Haematoxilin and Eosin, magnification × 100).