Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms of Soft Tissue and Gynecologic Origin

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Delgado, 1998, Atypical angiomyolipoma of the kidney: a distinct morphologic variant that is easily confused with a variety of malignant neoplasms., Cancer, 83, 1581, 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981015)83:8<1581::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-R

Diment, 2003, Myomelanocytic tumor of the thigh., Am J Surg Pathol, 27, 1288, 10.1097/00000478-200309000-00019

Dimmler, 2003, Late pulmonary metastasis in uterine PEComa., J Clin Pathol, 56, 627, 10.1136/jcp.56.8.627

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Evert, 2005, Abdominopelvic perivascular epithelioid cell sarcoma (malignant PEComa) mimicking gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the rectum., Histopathology, 46, 115, 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.01991.x

Fadare, 2004, Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) of the uterine cervix associated with intraabdominal PEComatosis: a clinicopathological study with comparative genomic hybridization analysis., World J Surg Oncol, 2, 35, 10.1186/1477-7819-2-35

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Folpe, 2000, Clear cell myomelanocytic tumor of the falciform ligament/ligamentum teres: a novel member of the perivascular epithelioid clear cell family of tumors with a predilection for children and young adults., Am J Surg Pathol, 24, 1239, 10.1097/00000478-200009000-00007

Folpe, 2002, Clear cell myomelanocytic tumor of the thigh: report of a unique case., Am J Surg Pathol, 26, 809, 10.1097/00000478-200206000-00018

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Gao, 2004, Perivascular epithelioid cell tumour (PEComa) of the uterus associated with malignant neoplasm of the female genital tract., J Obstet Gynaecol, 24, 600, 10.1080/01443610410001722905

Genevay, 2004, Digestive PEComas: a solution when the diagnosis fails to fit., Ann Diagn Pathol, 8, 367, 10.1053/j.anndiagpath.2004.08.008

Govender, 2002, Clear cell sugar tumor of the breast: another extrapulmonary site and review of the literature., Am J Surg Pathol, 26, 670, 10.1097/00000478-200205000-00014

Greene, 2003, Recurrent perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus (PEComa): an immunohistochemical study and review of the literature., Gynecol Oncol, 90, 677, 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00325-1

Harris, 2004, Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumour (PEComa) of soft tissue: a unique case., Am J Surg Pathol, 28, 1655, 10.1097/00000478-200412000-00017

Hironaka, 1999, Regional proliferation of HMB-45-positive clear cells of the lung with lymphangioleiomyomatosislike distribution, replacing the lobes with multiple cysts and a nodule., Am J Surg Pathol, 23, 1288, 10.1097/00000478-199910000-00016

Insabato, 2002, Primary monotypic epithelioid angiomyolipoma of bone., Histopathology, 40, 286, 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01356.x

Lehman, 2004, Malignant PEComa of the skull base., Am J Surg Pathol, 28, 1230, 10.1097/01.pas.0000128668.34934.81

Liebow, 1971, Benign clear cell (sugar) tumors of the lung., Yale J Biol Med, 43, 213

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Makhlouf, 2002, Expression of KIT (CD117) in angiomyolipoma., Am J Surg Pathol, 26, 493, 10.1097/00000478-200204000-00012

Michal, 2000, Hyalinized uterine mesenchymal neoplasms with HMB-45-positive epithelioid cells: epithelioid leiomyomas or angiomyolipomas? Report of four cases., Int J Surg Pathol, 8, 323, 10.1177/106689690000800411

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Pan, 2003, Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor involving the prostate., Arch Pathol Lab Med, 127, E96, 10.5858/2003-127-e96-MPECTI

Pan, 2003, Clear cell myomelanocytic tumor of the urinary bladder., Am J Surg Pathol, 27, 689, 10.1097/00000478-200305000-00013

Park, 2003, Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus: immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular study., Pathol Int, 53, 800, 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01557.x

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Pea, 1996, Perivascular epithelioid cell [letter; comment]., Am J Surg Pathol, 20, 1149, 10.1097/00000478-199609000-00012

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Ruco, 1998, Epithelioid lymphangioleiomyomatosis-like tumour of the uterus in a patient without tuberous sclerosis: a lesion mimicking epithelioid leiomyosarcoma., Histopathology, 33, 91, 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.0415g.x

Sadeghi, 2004, Perivascular epithelioid clear cell tumor of the common bile duct., Am J Surg Pathol, 28, 1107, 10.1097/01.pas.0000116831.81882.d0

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Silva, 2004, Uterine epithelioid leiomyosarcomas with clear cells: reactivity with HMB-45 and the concept of PEComa., Am J Surg Pathol, 28, 244, 10.1097/00000478-200402000-00013

Tanaka, 2000, HMB-45/melan-A and smooth muscle actin-positive clear-cell epithelioid tumor arising in the ligamentum teres hepatis: additional example of clear cell sugar tumors., Am J Surg Pathol, 24, 1295, 10.1097/00000478-200009000-00015

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Vang, 2002, 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., Am J Surg Pathol, 26, 1, 10.1097/00000478-200201000-00001

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Yanai, 2003, Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the jejunum., Pathol Res Pract, 199, 47, 10.1078/0344-0338-00353

Zamboni, 1996, Clear cell sugar tumor of the pancreas: a novel member of the family of lesions characterized by the presence of perivascular epithelioid cells., Am J Surg Pathol, 20, 722, 10.1097/00000478-199606000-00010

Zavala-Pompa, 2001, Immunohistochemical study of microphthalmia transcription factor and tyrosinase in angiomyolipoma of the kidney, renal cell carcinoma, and renal and retroperitoneal sarcomas: comparative evaluation with traditional diagnostic markers., Am J Surg Pathol, 25, 65, 10.1097/00000478-200101000-00007