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Management Of Intracranial Haemangiopericytomas, Noman Ahmad, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

Section of Neurosurgery

Haemangiopericytomas are rare tumours, commonly mistaken as meningiomas on radiology. These tumours are considered malignant and treatment involves aggressive surgery, followed by adjuvant radiation therapy, and close radiological and clinical follow ups. Herein the authors have reviewed the recent literature on the management of these tumours.