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Hemangiopericytoma of the colon:

Report of a case and review of literature

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

A patient with a hemangiopericytoma of the colon is discussed. This is the second such case reported in the English medical literature. Soon after discovery of the tumor, the patient presented with a colonic intussusception with the tumor serving as the lead point. This was reduced by a hypaque enema, but the intussusception recurred twice more, being reduced again by hypaque enema and finally having to be reduced by colonoscopy. At surgery a left hemicolectomy with primary anastomosis was performed. The microscopic, ultrastructural, and pathologic aspects of hemangiopericytoma are discussed with special attention to lesions of the gastrointestinal tract.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York

    Bruce Genter M.D., Rabia Mir M.D., Richard Strauss M.D., George Flint M.D., Leroy Levin M.D., Robert Lowy M.D. &  Leslie Wise M.D.

  2. Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

    Bruce Genter M.D., Rabia Mir M.D., Richard Strauss M.D., George Flint M.D., Leroy Levin M.D., Robert Lowy M.D. &  Leslie Wise M.D.

  3. Department of Surgery, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, 11042, New Hyde Park, New York

    Bruce Genter M.D., Rabia Mir M.D., Richard Strauss M.D., George Flint M.D., Leroy Levin M.D., Robert Lowy M.D. &  Leslie Wise M.D.

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Genter, B., Mir, R., Strauss, R. et al. Hemangiopericytoma of the colon:. Dis Colon Rectum 25, 149–156 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553264

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