In older literature called "angioblastic meningioma," hemangiopericytic type
New literature supports terms solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) or hemangiopericytoma (HPC)
Definitions
Mesenchymal tumor of fibroblastic type, often with rich branching vascular pattern, including spectrum of tumors previously classified as meningeal SFT and HPC
SFT/HPC of CNS nearly always attached to dura
Occur in any region of body where capillaries are found
IMAGING
General Features
CT Findings
MR Findings
Angiographic Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Staging, Grading, & Classification
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Image Interpretation Pearls
Selected References
Chen T et al: Differentiating intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma from meningioma using diffusion-weighted imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging. Neuroradiology. 62(2):175-84, 2020
He W et al: Whole-tumor histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient in differentiating intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma from angiomatous meningioma. Eur J Radiol. 112:186-91, 2019
Koeller KK et al: Intradural extramedullary spinal neoplasms: radiologic-pathologic correlation. radiographics. 39(2):468-90, 2019
Wang J et al: Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma of spinal cord: A retrospective single-center study of 16 cases. World Neurosurg. 123:e629-38, 2019
Kinslow CJ et al: Solitary-fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma of the central nervous system: a population-based study. J Neurooncol. 138(1):173-82, 2018
Ratneswaren T et al: Surveillance for metastatic hemangiopericytoma-solitary fibrous tumors-systematic literature review on incidence, predictors and diagnosis of extra-cranial disease. J Neurooncol. 138(3):447-67, 2018
Louis DN et al: The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. Acta Neuropathol. 131(6):803-20, 2016
Louis DN et al: WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System: Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours. IARC Press. 248-54, 2016
Nakada S et al: NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis in two cases of meningeal solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma with late distant metastases. Brain Tumor Pathol. ePub, 2015
Damodaran O et al: Primary intracranial haemangiopericytoma: comparison of survival outcomes and metastatic potential in WHO grade II and III variants. J Clin Neurosci. 21(8):1310-4, 2014
Ghose A et al: CNS hemangiopericytoma: A systematic review of 523 patients. Am J Clin Oncol. ePub, 2014
Liu L et al: Comparison of ADC values of intracranial hemangiopericytomas and angiomatous and anaplastic meningiomas. J Neuroradiol. 41(3):188-94, 2014
Smith AB et al: From the radiologic pathology archives: mass lesions of the dura: beyond meningioma-radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 34(2):295-312, 2014
Sonabend AM et al: The role for adjuvant radiotherapy in the treatment of hemangiopericytoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis. J Neurosurg. 120(2):300-8, 2014
Liu G et al: Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: MR imaging findings and diagnostic usefulness of minimum ADC values. J Magn Reson Imaging. 38(5):1146-51, 2013
Tian R et al: Clinical characteristics and prognostic analysis of recurrent hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system: a review of 46 cases. J Neurooncol. 115(1):53-9, 2013
Chernov MF et al: Possible role of single-voxel (1)H-MRS in differential diagnosis of suprasellar tumors. J Neurooncol. 91(2):191-8, 2009
Fitzpatrick D et al: Intradural hemangiopericytoma of the lumbar spine: a rare entity. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 30(1):152-4, 2009
Hayashi Y et al: A reevaluation of the primary diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma and the clinical importance of differential diagnosis from solitary fibrous tumor of the central nervous system. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 111(1):34-8, 2009
Park MS et al: New insights into the hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor spectrum of tumors. Curr Opin Oncol. 21(4):327-31, 2009
Shi ZP et al: Multiple metastatic progression of meningeal hemangiopericytoma initially diagnosed as atypical meningioma with temporal bone invasion. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 140(2):278-80, 2009
Wu W et al: Hemangiopericytomas in the central nervous system. J Clin Neurosci. 16(4):519-23, 2009
Chamberlain MC et al: Sequential salvage chemotherapy for recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma. Neurosurgery. 63(4):720-6; author reply 726-7, 2008
Jalali R et al: Suprasellar haemangiopericytoma--challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(1):67-71, 2008
Mathews MS et al: Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and cerebral haemangiopericytoma: a potential association. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(4):399-402; discussion 402, 2008
Mekni A et al: Hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system. A study of eight cases. Neurochirurgie. 54(1):15-20, 2008
Scheithauer BW et al: The 2007 WHO classification of tumors of the nervous system: controversies in surgical neuropathology. Brain Pathol. 2008 Jul;18(3):307-16. Erratum in: Brain Pathol. 18(4):640, 2008
Juco J et al: Hemangiopericytoma of the sella mimicking pituitary adenoma: case report and review of the literature. Clin Neuropathol. 26(6):288-93, 2007
Sibtain NA et al: Imaging features of central nervous system haemangiopericytomas. Eur Radiol. 17(7):1685-93, 2007
Lee JK et al: Spinal metastasis from cranial meningeal hemangiopericytomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 148(7):787-90, 2006
Folpe AL et al: Most osteomalacia-associated mesenchymal tumors are a single histopathologic entity: an analysis of 32 cases and a comprehensive review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 28(1):1-30, 2004
Ecker RD et al: Hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system: treatment, pathological features, and long-term follow up in 38 patients. J Neurosurg. 98(6):1182-7, 2003
Kim JH et al: Meningeal hemangiopericytomas: long-term outcome and biological behavior. Surg Neurol. 59(1):47-53; discussion 53-4, 2003
Burger PC et al: Surgical pathology of the nervous system and its coverings: Intracranial meninges. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone. 79-83, 2002
Barba I et al: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain hemangiopericytomas: high myoinositol concentrations and discrimination from meningiomas. J Neurosurg. 94(1):55-60, 2001
Huisman TA et al: Meningeal hemangiopericytoma in childhood. Eur Radiol. 10(7):1073-5, 2000
Kracht LW et al: Positron emission tomography in a case of intracranial hemangiopericytoma. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 23(3):365-8, 1999
Spitz FR et al: Hemangiopericytoma: a 20-year single-institution experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 5(4):350-5, 1998
Chiechi MV et al: Intracranial hemangiopericytomas: MR and CT features. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 17(7):1365-71, 1996
In older literature called "angioblastic meningioma," hemangiopericytic type
New literature supports terms solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) or hemangiopericytoma (HPC)
Definitions
Mesenchymal tumor of fibroblastic type, often with rich branching vascular pattern, including spectrum of tumors previously classified as meningeal SFT and HPC
SFT/HPC of CNS nearly always attached to dura
Occur in any region of body where capillaries are found
IMAGING
General Features
CT Findings
MR Findings
Angiographic Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Staging, Grading, & Classification
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Image Interpretation Pearls
Selected References
Chen T et al: Differentiating intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma from meningioma using diffusion-weighted imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging. Neuroradiology. 62(2):175-84, 2020
He W et al: Whole-tumor histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient in differentiating intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma from angiomatous meningioma. Eur J Radiol. 112:186-91, 2019
Koeller KK et al: Intradural extramedullary spinal neoplasms: radiologic-pathologic correlation. radiographics. 39(2):468-90, 2019
Wang J et al: Solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma of spinal cord: A retrospective single-center study of 16 cases. World Neurosurg. 123:e629-38, 2019
Kinslow CJ et al: Solitary-fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma of the central nervous system: a population-based study. J Neurooncol. 138(1):173-82, 2018
Ratneswaren T et al: Surveillance for metastatic hemangiopericytoma-solitary fibrous tumors-systematic literature review on incidence, predictors and diagnosis of extra-cranial disease. J Neurooncol. 138(3):447-67, 2018
Louis DN et al: The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. Acta Neuropathol. 131(6):803-20, 2016
Louis DN et al: WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System: Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours. IARC Press. 248-54, 2016
Nakada S et al: NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene analysis in two cases of meningeal solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma with late distant metastases. Brain Tumor Pathol. ePub, 2015
Damodaran O et al: Primary intracranial haemangiopericytoma: comparison of survival outcomes and metastatic potential in WHO grade II and III variants. J Clin Neurosci. 21(8):1310-4, 2014
Ghose A et al: CNS hemangiopericytoma: A systematic review of 523 patients. Am J Clin Oncol. ePub, 2014
Liu L et al: Comparison of ADC values of intracranial hemangiopericytomas and angiomatous and anaplastic meningiomas. J Neuroradiol. 41(3):188-94, 2014
Smith AB et al: From the radiologic pathology archives: mass lesions of the dura: beyond meningioma-radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 34(2):295-312, 2014
Sonabend AM et al: The role for adjuvant radiotherapy in the treatment of hemangiopericytoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis. J Neurosurg. 120(2):300-8, 2014
Liu G et al: Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: MR imaging findings and diagnostic usefulness of minimum ADC values. J Magn Reson Imaging. 38(5):1146-51, 2013
Tian R et al: Clinical characteristics and prognostic analysis of recurrent hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system: a review of 46 cases. J Neurooncol. 115(1):53-9, 2013
Chernov MF et al: Possible role of single-voxel (1)H-MRS in differential diagnosis of suprasellar tumors. J Neurooncol. 91(2):191-8, 2009
Fitzpatrick D et al: Intradural hemangiopericytoma of the lumbar spine: a rare entity. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 30(1):152-4, 2009
Hayashi Y et al: A reevaluation of the primary diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma and the clinical importance of differential diagnosis from solitary fibrous tumor of the central nervous system. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 111(1):34-8, 2009
Park MS et al: New insights into the hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor spectrum of tumors. Curr Opin Oncol. 21(4):327-31, 2009
Shi ZP et al: Multiple metastatic progression of meningeal hemangiopericytoma initially diagnosed as atypical meningioma with temporal bone invasion. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 140(2):278-80, 2009
Wu W et al: Hemangiopericytomas in the central nervous system. J Clin Neurosci. 16(4):519-23, 2009
Chamberlain MC et al: Sequential salvage chemotherapy for recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma. Neurosurgery. 63(4):720-6; author reply 726-7, 2008
Jalali R et al: Suprasellar haemangiopericytoma--challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(1):67-71, 2008
Mathews MS et al: Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and cerebral haemangiopericytoma: a potential association. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150(4):399-402; discussion 402, 2008
Mekni A et al: Hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system. A study of eight cases. Neurochirurgie. 54(1):15-20, 2008
Scheithauer BW et al: The 2007 WHO classification of tumors of the nervous system: controversies in surgical neuropathology. Brain Pathol. 2008 Jul;18(3):307-16. Erratum in: Brain Pathol. 18(4):640, 2008
Juco J et al: Hemangiopericytoma of the sella mimicking pituitary adenoma: case report and review of the literature. Clin Neuropathol. 26(6):288-93, 2007
Sibtain NA et al: Imaging features of central nervous system haemangiopericytomas. Eur Radiol. 17(7):1685-93, 2007
Lee JK et al: Spinal metastasis from cranial meningeal hemangiopericytomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 148(7):787-90, 2006
Folpe AL et al: Most osteomalacia-associated mesenchymal tumors are a single histopathologic entity: an analysis of 32 cases and a comprehensive review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 28(1):1-30, 2004
Ecker RD et al: Hemangiopericytoma in the central nervous system: treatment, pathological features, and long-term follow up in 38 patients. J Neurosurg. 98(6):1182-7, 2003
Kim JH et al: Meningeal hemangiopericytomas: long-term outcome and biological behavior. Surg Neurol. 59(1):47-53; discussion 53-4, 2003
Burger PC et al: Surgical pathology of the nervous system and its coverings: Intracranial meninges. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone. 79-83, 2002
Barba I et al: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain hemangiopericytomas: high myoinositol concentrations and discrimination from meningiomas. J Neurosurg. 94(1):55-60, 2001
Huisman TA et al: Meningeal hemangiopericytoma in childhood. Eur Radiol. 10(7):1073-5, 2000
Kracht LW et al: Positron emission tomography in a case of intracranial hemangiopericytoma. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 23(3):365-8, 1999
Spitz FR et al: Hemangiopericytoma: a 20-year single-institution experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 5(4):350-5, 1998
Chiechi MV et al: Intracranial hemangiopericytomas: MR and CT features. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 17(7):1365-71, 1996
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