Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms
"Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of mesenchymal tumors composed of histologically and immunohistochemically distinctive perivascular epithelioid cells. These cells do not have a normal anatomic homolog. (From Fletcher CDM, et. al., World Health Organization Classification of Tumors: Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone, 2002).
| Descriptor ID |
D054973
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.692
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| Concept/Terms |
Clear-Cell Sugar Tumors- Clear-Cell Sugar Tumors
- Clear Cell Sugar Tumors
- Clear-Cell Sugar Tumor
- Sugar Tumor, Clear-Cell
- Sugar Tumors, Clear-Cell
- Tumor, Clear-Cell Sugar
- Tumors, Clear-Cell Sugar
Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic Tumors- Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic Tumors
- Clear Cell Myomelanocytic Tumors
- Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic Tumor
- Myomelanocytic Tumor, Clear-Cell
- Myomelanocytic Tumors, Clear-Cell
- Tumor, Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic
- Tumors, Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic
- CCMMT
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Pregnancy-Associated Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor of the Tarsal Navicular: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2021 10 06; 11(4).
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Uterine PEComas: correlation between melanocytic marker expression and TSC alterations/TFE3 fusions. Mod Pathol. 2022 04; 35(4):515-523.
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Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa) of the gynecologic tract. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2021 03; 60(3):168-179.
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A Tale of 2 Morphologies: Diagnostic Pitfalls in TFEB-Associated Renal Cell Carcinomas, Including a Novel NEAT1-TFEB Fusion. Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Feb; 29(1):21-29.
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Uterine PEComas: A Morphologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Analysis of 32 Tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2018 10; 42(10):1370-1383.
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Melanotic PEComa of the Sinonasal Mucosa With NONO-TFE3 Fusion: An Elusive Mimic of Sinonasal Melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2017 May; 41(5):717-722.
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MUM-1 expression differentiates tumors in the PEComa family from clear cell sarcoma and melanoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2012 Feb; 20(1):29-36.