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A rare metastatic mesenteric malignant PEComa with TSC2 mutation treated with palliative surgical resection and nab-sirolimus: a case report.
Diagnostic pathology - 11 Apr 2023
Meredith Luke, Chao Timothy, Nevler Avinoam, Basu Mallick Atrayee, Singla Rajan K, McCue Peter A, Bowne Wilbur B, Jiang Wei
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BACKGROUND: Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are exceedingly rare malignant mesenchymal neoplasms with characteristic morphological and immunohistochemical (IHC) patterns. However, some malignant PEComas are poorly differentiated with atypical histopathological features, making a definitive diagnosis difficult. PEComas are most commonly found in females and often show either TSC1 or TSC2...
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