Pokharel Apar, Rai Sabina, Baral Alina
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, Chitwan, Nepal.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Korea-Nepal Friendship Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2023 May 29;11:2050313X231173787. doi: 10.1177/2050313X231173787. eCollection 2023.
Hemangiopericytoma is a rare vascular tumor arising from pericytes and occurs very rarely in sinonasal region. A 48-year-old man with sinonasal mass presented with nasal obstruction and occasional epistaxis. Nasal endoscopy showed a readily bleeding mass in the left nasal cavity. Endoscopic removal of the mass was done. The histopathology came out to be hemangiopericytoma. The patient was kept on follow-up, and no metastasis or recurrence was seen in last 1 year. Hemangiopericytoma is a very rare vascular tumor. Surgery is the mainstay treatment of choice. A long-term follow-up is needed after surgery to rule out recurrence and metastasis.