Abdominopelvic sarcoma of perivascular epithelioid cells. Report of four cases in young women, one with tuberous sclerosis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 563-568

  Bonetti, Franco ^a   Martignoni, Guido ^a   Colato, Chiara ^a   Manfrin, Erminia ^a   Gambacorta, Marcello ^b   Faleri, Maurizio ^b   Bacchi, Carlos ^c   Sin, Vai Chong ^d   Wong, Nim Lai ^e   Coady, Mark ^f   Chan, John Kwok Cheung ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (Brazil)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Clear cell "sugar" tumor; Melanoma markers; Perivascular epithelioid cell; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN MART; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; OVARY METASTASIS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 17844395184     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880351     Document Type: Article

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