A hemangiopericytoma is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries. When inside the nervous system, although not strictly a meningioma tumour, it is a meningeal tumor with a special aggressive behaviour. Meningeal hemangiopericytoma are rare tumors and account for less than 1% of all intracranial tumors. They can be benign or malignant. These tumors are more common in females and in fourth or fifth decade of life.
Hereby, we present a case of 41 year old female who had alleged fight with her husband and mother in law because of extramarital affair of her husband previous day. At that night 3:30 AM she was not feeling well. After some time husband took her to nearby hospital but she was declared brought dead. Her parents complained to police that she had consumed some unknown poison and case was booked under Section 306 of IPC (Abetment of Suicide). During post mortem we found a brain tumor (space occupying lesion) present over left temporal region of brain extending to the left side of base of skull over middle cranial fossa in sphenoid wing. Blood and Viscera were sent to Forensic science laboratory to rule out any poisoning, the report of which came as negative. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of this tumour as hemangiopericytoma like meningioma.
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