Imaging features and sonographically guided core needle biopsy of facial myopericytoma: A case report

We report imaging and pathologic findings of myopericytoma of the face, in a 75 year old woman, which was diagnosed by a sonographically guided core needle biopsy (US CNB). The mass was well demarcated and intensely enhanced on a CT scan and was markedly hypervascular on a power Doppler ultrasonography. Histological findings of the specimens, obtained by US CNB, were consistent with myopericytoma. While myopericytoma of the face appears markedly hypervascular on imaging, the histological diagnosis can be established safely with US CNB, without significant bleeding, if sufficient manual compression is applied