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Case Report

Non-Adenomatous Non-Epithelial Carcinoma (Hemangiopericytoma) of Prostate Treated with Conservative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiation

by
Bikramjit Chakrabarti
*,
S. K. Ghosh
,
B. Basu
,
P. Gupta
,
S. Ghorai
,
S. G. Ray
and
C. Das
Department of Radiotherapy, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata 700 074, India
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Oncol. 2009, 16(4), 71-73; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v16i4.408
Submission received: 8 May 2009 / Revised: 3 June 2009 / Accepted: 10 July 2009 / Published: 1 August 2009

Abstract

Hemangiopericytoma is a malignant vascular tumour of soft tissue. Microscopically, the tumour shows tightly packed cellular areas surrounding thin-walled branching blood vessels. Traditionally these tumours are treated using wide surgical excision. Only a very few cases of hemangiopericytoma of the prostate have been described worldwide. The feasibility of managing such a case with a combination of conservative surgery and adjuvant anti-malignancy treatment is unexplored. Here, we report a case of hemangiopericytoma of the prostate treated with local excision, with preservation of prostate, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (40 Gy in 20 fractions to pelvis followed by 24 Gy in 12 fractions as boost to prostate) and chemotherapy (doxorubicin and iphosphamide). Post-treatment computed tomography scan after 4 weeks showed regression of pelvic lymph nodes and a normal-appearing prostate. Levels of serum prostate-specific and carcinogenic embryonic antigen were normal throughout the period of treatment. To date, follow-up has been uneventful, except for occasional bouts of diarrhea. We conclude that conservative surgery followed by adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy, with subsequent close follow-up, may adequately control localized disease in selected cases of hemangiopericytoma of the prostate. The role of conservative surgery in tumours located at other sites has yet to be defined.
Keywords: carcinoma; prostate; hemangiopericytoma; treatment carcinoma; prostate; hemangiopericytoma; treatment

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Chakrabarti, B.; Ghosh, S.K.; Basu, B.; Gupta, P.; Ghorai, S.; Ray, S.G.; Das, C. Non-Adenomatous Non-Epithelial Carcinoma (Hemangiopericytoma) of Prostate Treated with Conservative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiation. Curr. Oncol. 2009, 16, 71-73. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v16i4.408

AMA Style

Chakrabarti B, Ghosh SK, Basu B, Gupta P, Ghorai S, Ray SG, Das C. Non-Adenomatous Non-Epithelial Carcinoma (Hemangiopericytoma) of Prostate Treated with Conservative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiation. Current Oncology. 2009; 16(4):71-73. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v16i4.408

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Chakrabarti, Bikramjit, S. K. Ghosh, B. Basu, P. Gupta, S. Ghorai, S. G. Ray, and C. Das. 2009. "Non-Adenomatous Non-Epithelial Carcinoma (Hemangiopericytoma) of Prostate Treated with Conservative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiation" Current Oncology 16, no. 4: 71-73. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v16i4.408

APA Style

Chakrabarti, B., Ghosh, S. K., Basu, B., Gupta, P., Ghorai, S., Ray, S. G., & Das, C. (2009). Non-Adenomatous Non-Epithelial Carcinoma (Hemangiopericytoma) of Prostate Treated with Conservative Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiation. Current Oncology, 16(4), 71-73. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v16i4.408

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