The hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon variety of the mesenchymal tumour derived from pericapillary structures, most frequently located in limbs and exceptionally at the retroperitoneum level. Although macroscopically the aspect is benign, this tumour has a recognised ability for local invasion and distant dissemination.
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J Urol
April 1999
Department of Urology, Johannes Gutenberg University, School of Medicine, Mainz, Germany.
Purpose: We review the differential diagnosis and treatment of retrovesical masses in men.
Materials And Methods: During the last 8 years 21 male patients 3 to 79 years old (mean age 47.1) presented with symptoms or signs of a retrovesical mass.
Hinyokika Kiyo
October 1994
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Mie University.
A case of retrovesical hemangiopericytoma is reported. The patient was a 44-year-old woman with right lumbago. Cystoscopy showed extra-vesical compression in the area from the trigone to right wall of bladder.
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June 1993
Servicio de Urología, Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
The hemangiopericytoma is an uncommon variety of the mesenchymal tumour derived from pericapillary structures, most frequently located in limbs and exceptionally at the retroperitoneum level. Although macroscopically the aspect is benign, this tumour has a recognised ability for local invasion and distant dissemination.
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