Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report

Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms (PEComa) are rare mesenchymal tumors that can occur in any part of the body and have unpredictable pathological behavior. They are usually benign, but may be malignant. We present a case of malignant PEComa of the pelvic retroperitoneum treated with radical su...

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Autores principales: D'Andrea, David, Hanspeter, Esther, D'Elia, Carolina, Martini, Thomas, Pycha, Armin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.02.004
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author D'Andrea, David
Hanspeter, Esther
D'Elia, Carolina
Martini, Thomas
Pycha, Armin
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description Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms (PEComa) are rare mesenchymal tumors that can occur in any part of the body and have unpredictable pathological behavior. They are usually benign, but may be malignant. We present a case of malignant PEComa of the pelvic retroperitoneum treated with radical surgery.
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spelling pubmed-48559092016-05-10 Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report D'Andrea, David Hanspeter, Esther D'Elia, Carolina Martini, Thomas Pycha, Armin Urol Case Rep Oncology Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms (PEComa) are rare mesenchymal tumors that can occur in any part of the body and have unpredictable pathological behavior. They are usually benign, but may be malignant. We present a case of malignant PEComa of the pelvic retroperitoneum treated with radical surgery. Elsevier 2016-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4855909/ /pubmed/27169023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.02.004 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Oncology
D'Andrea, David
Hanspeter, Esther
D'Elia, Carolina
Martini, Thomas
Pycha, Armin
Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_full Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_short Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm (PEComa) of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_sort malignant perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (pecoma) of the pelvis: a case report
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.02.004
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