Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus: report of three cases
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Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a rare collection of tumors arising in a wide array of anatomic locations and characterized by a myomelanocytic phenotype. PEComas which occur in non-classic anatomic distributions are known as perivascular epithelioid cell tumor-not otherwise specified (PEComa-NOS), and one of the most common primary sites for PEComa-NOS is the uterus. The ris...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chinese Medical Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0366-6999
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200703020-00018