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Isolated hemangiopericytoma of the conjunctiva

PURPOSE: To report a unique presentation of hemangiopericytoma and discuss the clinical course, pathological features, and management of this tumor. OBSERVATIONS: An otherwise healthy 54-year-old Caucasian female presented with a painless conjunctival mass. The lesion gradually enlarged over a three...

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Autores principales: Edwards, William, Craven, Caroline, Turner, Joseph Ryan, Grossniklaus, Hans, Wells, Jill
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8790295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35112030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101308
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author Edwards, William
Craven, Caroline
Turner, Joseph Ryan
Grossniklaus, Hans
Wells, Jill
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Wells, Jill
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description PURPOSE: To report a unique presentation of hemangiopericytoma and discuss the clinical course, pathological features, and management of this tumor. OBSERVATIONS: An otherwise healthy 54-year-old Caucasian female presented with a painless conjunctival mass. The lesion gradually enlarged over a three-week period and was unresponsive to corticosteroid treatment. The mass was surgically removed, and histopathologic findings were consistent with hemangiopericytoma. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Conjunctival hemangiopericytoma should be considered in patients with conjunctival lesions unresponsive to medical management. Surgical excision is diagnostic and therapeutic and is the strongest predictor of clinical course. Incompletely excised lesions are at a greater risk of local recurrence and subsequent metastasis. Given the neoplasm's malignant potential, patients should be followed in the outpatient setting.
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spelling pubmed-87902952022-02-01 Isolated hemangiopericytoma of the conjunctiva Edwards, William Craven, Caroline Turner, Joseph Ryan Grossniklaus, Hans Wells, Jill Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a unique presentation of hemangiopericytoma and discuss the clinical course, pathological features, and management of this tumor. OBSERVATIONS: An otherwise healthy 54-year-old Caucasian female presented with a painless conjunctival mass. The lesion gradually enlarged over a three-week period and was unresponsive to corticosteroid treatment. The mass was surgically removed, and histopathologic findings were consistent with hemangiopericytoma. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Conjunctival hemangiopericytoma should be considered in patients with conjunctival lesions unresponsive to medical management. Surgical excision is diagnostic and therapeutic and is the strongest predictor of clinical course. Incompletely excised lesions are at a greater risk of local recurrence and subsequent metastasis. Given the neoplasm's malignant potential, patients should be followed in the outpatient setting. Elsevier 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8790295/ /pubmed/35112030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101308 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8790295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35112030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101308
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