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¹Department of Radiation Oncology, İstanbul University, Institute of Oncology, İstanbul-Turkey
²Department of Radiation Oncology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne-Turkey
³Department of Pathology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne-Turkey
⁴Department of General Surgery, İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey Intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is rare and aggressive tumor with local recurrences as well as distant metastases. The majority of metastases are encountered in bone, lung, and liver. Pancreatic metastasis is extremely rare. Described in the present report is the case of a 41-year-old woman who had undergone surgical resection of intracranial HPC 16 years earlier. The tumor recurred 3 years after the operation and was successfully managed with surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. Thirteen years later, an isolated pancreatic metastasis developed. Patient underwent Whipple procedure for pancreatic head lesion and received adjuvant radiotherapy. Patient died of extensive disease in lungs, bones, mediastinum, cranium and peritoneal carcinomatosis in abdomen 17 months after pancreatic surgery. Keywords : Hemangiopericytoma; metastases; pancreas; radiotherapy; surgery