| Literature DB >> 18499690 |
Elisabetta Froio1, Simonetta Piana, Alberto Cavazza, Riccardo Valli, Martino Abrate, Giorgio Gardini.
Abstract
The authors describe a case of multifocal perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) arising in the pelvis of a 39-year-old woman affected by tuberous sclerosis. The tumor presented in the form of multiple fascicular, focally cystic nodules involving the uterine corpus, both ovaries, and the omentum. Microscopically, the nodules were composed of foci of adenomyosis and endometriosis (with focal atypical complex hyperplasia) associated with a stromal spindle cell population immunoreactive for HMB-45, smooth muscle actin, and estrogen and progesterone receptors. We interpret these foci as the result of a widespread proliferation of perivascular epithelioid cells (PEC). Because of the diffuse quality of the process, the designation of PEComatosis seems warranted.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18499690 DOI: 10.1177/1066896908316067
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Surg Pathol ISSN: 1066-8969 Impact factor: 1.271