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Introduction
3-5% of all soft tissue sarcomas
Usually seen in the orbit, nasal cavity, oral cavity, jaw, parotid
gland, parapharyngeal space, masticator space and jugular
foramen
hypertension
Clinical features
Slow-growing painless mass
Risk of bleeding
In head and neck - 40% recur locally and 10% have distant metastases
No role in R0 resections
Childhood hemangiopericytoma
Median age at diagnosis 13.5 years or less than one year
Even though there is high local recurrence and distant metastasis rate
HPC has low disease associated mortality
Take home message
Relatively uncommon vascular tumours more so in head and neck
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