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A Clinical Case of 5 Times Irradiated Recurrent Orbital Hemangiopericytoma.

Konstantin Gordon, Igor Gulidov, Danil Gogolin, Olga Lepilina, Olga Golovanova, Alexey Semenov, Sergey Dujenko, Kira Medvedeva, Sergey Koryakin, Sergey Ivanov and 1 more

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Konstantin GordonDepartment of Proton Therapy, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Igor GulidovDepartment of Proton Therapy, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Danil GogolinDepartment of Proton Therapy, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Olga LepilinaDepartment of Dosimetry, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Olga GolovanovaDepartment of Radiophysics, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Alexey SemenovDepartment of Proton Therapy, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Sergey DujenkoDepartment of Radiophysics, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Kira MedvedevaDepartment of Proton Therapy, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Sergey KoryakinDepartment of Radiophysics, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Sergey IvanovA. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation.
Andrey KaprinNational Medical Research Radiological Center, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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Abstract

Orbital hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare mesenchymal tumors with a high tendency to recur. Treatment options are quite limited in case of a relapse, but re-irradiation can be useful. Most of the available data limit the possibility of re-irradiation, while novel techniques (e.g., pencil beam proton therapy [PT]) open new approaches for the safe repeating of treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first well-documented case of multi-times (>3) irradiation of tumors located intracranially. The case reported here describes orbital HPCs with proton irradiation performed two times since 1999 in a 30-year-old woman with a medical history as well as surgery followed by conventional radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy, and two times stereotactic RT (in 2009 and 2013). In 2016 the patient came to our hospital with the 3rd relapse of the tumor, located in the left orbit, with an intracranial part, involving cavernous sinus, which was close to the temporal lobe. The 4th course of irradiation was done in May to June 2016 by pencil beam PT. Radiation necrosis occurred after 2 years and was treated with bevacizumab (BVZ). Three years later, another relapse was treated with PT and BVZ. The 9-month follow-up showed complete tumor response without signs of brain toxicity. The patient died due to a brain abscess 1 year after the 5th irradiation. This case shows a possibility of irradiation, applied 5 times to the same location, with promising results and manageable toxicity.

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HemangiopericytomaProton therapyRe-irradiation

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PMID33776686
PMCPMC7983647

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