INTRACRANIAL HEMANGIOPERICYTOMAS IN CHILDREN

Hemangiopericytomas (HPs) are rare tumors, about 10% of which occur in children, Since 1988, 2 children with intracranial HP have been seen at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The patients p resented at ages 2 weeks and 1 month, Both were treated with surgery a lone, We also review 4 cases previously reported in the literature; at presentation, those patients were ages 2 days to 9 months, Infantile HPs have a better prognosis than do those that occur in adults, and an improved outcome is also evident for intracranial lesions, Tumors tha t occur in the neonatal period may be treated with surgery alone; howe ver, those that occur after the neonatal period may be more likely to recur.