title: Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the pericardium: a case report.
abstract: A large pericardial mass, which was found to be a perivascular epithelioid cell tumor, was excised from a 20-year-old man. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this distinctive neoplasm as a pericardial mass.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Research Center, Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. geramib@sums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
authors.forename: Arastoo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salehzadeh
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghazinoor
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moaref
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mollazadeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003893:Desmin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015622:Epithelioid Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014746:Vimentin / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D003893:Desmin; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014746:Vimentin