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Hemangiopericytoma of the Greater Omentum

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A 41-year-old Chinese woman was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain. Computed tomography detected a heterogeneous enhancement tumor fed by the left gastroepiploic artery in the left lower quadrant and cholelithiasis. Excision of the tumor in the greater omentum and cholecystectomy were performed laparoscopically. Histological findings confirmed a diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma with low-grade malignancy. To our knowledge, hemangiopericytoma of the greater omentum is very rare, and only 12 cases were reported in English literature. We report a case of hemangiopericytoma arising in the greater omentum and review the literature.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan

    Hiroaki Shiba, Takeyuki Misawa, Susumu Kobayashi, Tokuyasu Yokota, Kyonsu Son & Katsuhiko Yanaga

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Shiba, H., Misawa, T., Kobayashi, S. et al. Hemangiopericytoma of the Greater Omentum. J Gastrointest Surg 11, 549–551 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-007-0099-x

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