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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms

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Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of mesenchymal tumors composed of histologically and immunohistochemically distinctive perivascular epithelioid cells. These cells do not have a normal anatomic homolog. (From Fletcher CDM, et. al., World Health Organization Classification of Tumors: Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone, 2002). PEComas containing glycogen-rich clear cytoplasm and found in the lung and a wide range of extrapulmonary sites. PEComas of the falciform ligament / ligamentum teres.

Entry terms

  • Neoplasms, Perivascular Epithelioid Cell
  • PEComa
  • PEComas
  • Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm
  • Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor
  • Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CGWP1NPJ-4

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