[A uterine pecoma: a case report].
The authors describe the first ever reported case of a malignant pecoma of the uterus infiltrating the ovary, the tube and two bowel loops. This extremely rare tumour usually shows a benign behaviour and seems to arise from the perivascular epithelioid cells (PEC).
D'Andrea
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V
Istituto III Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Lippolis
G
G
Biancari
F
F
Ruco
L P
LP
Marzullo
A
A
Wedard
B M
BM
Di Matteo
F M
FM
Sarmiento
R
R
Dibra
A
A
De Antoni
E
E
D015622:Epithelioid Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery