Diagnostics (Oct 2022)

Rare Case of Intravascular Myopericytoma—Imaging Characteristics and Review of the Literature

  • Simona Manole,
  • Roxana Pintican,
  • Viorel Manole,
  • Cosmin Rusneac,
  • Calin Schiau,
  • Ioana Bene,
  • Carolina Solomon,
  • Sorin Dudea

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12102473
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 10
p. 2473

Abstract

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Myopericytoma is a rare vessel wall tumor, a subtype of hemangiopericytoma that usually develops subcutaneously. Intravascular myopericytoma is a rarer subtype, with only few cases reported in the literature and even fewer with imaging modalities included. We report the case of a 36-year-old man who was referred to our institution with a painless, palpable mass in the right arm and was evaluated with MRI, grey-scale and Doppler-mode ultrasound. Tumor histopathology and imaging characteristics are presented together with the role that each imaging modality played in the management of the patient.

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