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

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Vang, R ^a   Kempson, R L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Clear cell ("sugar") tumor; HMB 45; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOBLASTOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036137047     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200201000-00001     Document Type: Article

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