Intraspinal dissemination of an intracranial hemangiopericytoma in a child: A case report

Hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a rare tumor with malignant potential, high local recurrence rate and risk of metastasis. The average age of presentation is 35 to 44 years and only 10% of the HPCs occur in children. Spinal metastasis of intracranial HPC is extremely rare that only two illustrated cases have been reported in the literature. A child who was diagnosed with WHO Grade III intracranial HPC which was complicated with intra-spinal metastasis on follow-up is presented. Intra-spinal dissemination of the HPC in child age group has not previously been reported. We emphasize with this report that intracranial HPC can cause intra-spinal drop metastasis in the child age group.