Diffuse intra-abdominal clear cell myomelanocytic tumor: report of an unusual presentation of "PEComatosis" simulating peritoneal mesothelioma

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 352-356

  Salviato, Tiziana ^a   Altavilla, Giuseppe ^b   Busatto, Graziella ^a   Pizzolitto, Stefano ^c   Falconieri, Giovanni ^c  

^a Cities   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelioid neoplasms; Female genital tract; Immunohistochemistry; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MELAN A; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; NECROSIS; PELVIS; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; AGED; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LEIOMYOMA, EPITHELIOID; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751345840     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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