Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor

FIGURE 4.35 Myomelanocytoma (perivascular epithelioid cell tumor) of soft tissue, comprising a mixture of clear epithelioid and eosinophilic fusiform cells. 

PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID-CELL TUMORS, MYOMELANOCYTOMAS, AND EPITHELIOID ANGIOMYOLIPOMAS... 

Fadare O, Liang SX. Epithelioid smooth muscle tumors of the uterus do not express CDla A potential immunohistochemical adjunct in their distinction from uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumors. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2008 12 401-405. 

Mentzel T, Reisshauer S, Rutten A, et al. Cutaneous clear cell myomelanocytic tumor a new member of the growing family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas). Clinicopathological and immrmohistochemical analysis of seven cases. Histopathology. 2005 46 498-504. 

Vang R, Kempson RL. Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor ( PEComa ) of the uterus A subset of HMB-45-positive epithelioid mesenchymal neoplasms with an uncertain relationship to pure smooth muscle tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 26 1-13. 

Fadare O. Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) and smooth muscle tumors of the uterus. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 31 1454-1455. 

Armah HB, Parwani AV. Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) of the uterus with late renal and pulmonary metastases a case report with review of the literature. Diagn Pathol 2007 2 45. 

Fink D, Marsden DE, Edwards L, et al. Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) arising in the broad ligament. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2004 14(5) ... 

Zamboni G, Pea M, Martignoni G, et al. Clear cell sugar tumor of the pancreas a novel member of the family of lesions characterized by the presence of perivascular epithelioid cells. Am J Surg Pathol. 1996 20 722-730. 

An angiomyolipoma is a member of the group of tumors containing perivascular epithelioid cells (PECs) referred to as PEComas. Oncogenesis in PEComas is related to... 

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