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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2020; 15(03): 686-690
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_94_20
Case Report

Intracranial, extradural, hemangiopericytoma in a neonate

Akash Pati
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
,
Santosh Mahalik
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
,
Suvradeep Mitra
1   Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
,
Suprava Naik
2   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
,
Kanishka Das
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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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.

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Extradural - hemangiopericytoma - intracranial - neonate - tumor - vascular

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Publication History

Received: 18 March 2020

Accepted: 12 May 2020

Article published online:
16 August 2022

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