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Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: the first malignant case report in the pancreas.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 May 2013
Mourra Najat, Lazure Thierry, Colas Chrystelle, Arrive Lionel, de Gramont Aimery
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are exceedingly rare neoplasms, <10 cases have been described; all were benign and occurring mostly in women. We report the first malignant pancreatic PEComa in a patient with BRCA2 mutation. A 51-year-old woman with a medical and familial history of breast adenocarcinoma, who was tested positive for BRCA2 mutation, presented with a recent history of...
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