Malignant pigmented clear cell epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) in an adolescent boy with widespread metastases: A rare entity in this age group

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1587-1590

  Rasalkar, Darshana D ^a   Chu, Winnie Chiu Wing ^a   Chan, Anthony W H ^a   Cheng, Frankie W T ^a   Li, Chi K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Kidney; Pigmented epitheloid tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALAISE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT PIGMENTED CLEAR CELL EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PANCREAS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; URINE COLOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 83555161530     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2125-0     Document Type: Article

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