2008 Volume 54 Issue 4 Pages 212-216
This report presents a rare case of sinonasal hemangiopericytoma in a 46-year-old female. She came to the hospital complaining of a nasal obstruction which was diagnosed to be a benign nasal tumor of vascular origin and she was thereafter carefully observed for 4 years. The patient underwent surgical treatment due to an enlargement of tumor. She underwent a lateral rhinotomy after embolization of the feeder artery. The histopathological examination of the surgical specimens revealed a sinonasal hemangiopericytoma of low grade malignancy. The patient has been asymptomatic without any evidence of recurrence after 6 months of postoperative observation. Immediate surgery should therefore be considered for any tumor of vascular origin to determine its possible malignancy.
