title: Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm of the uterine cervix: an unusual tumor in an unusual location.
abstract: A 46-year-old woman presented for a second opinion regarding a 3-4 cm mass of the uterine cervix. A prior biopsy had been interpreted as a malignant melanoma of the cervix, resulting in a radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy. This was to be followed by external beam irradiation and immunotherapy; however, given the rarity of this diagnosis, the patient sought a second opinion at our institution. Further review of the pathological material from the hysterectomy revealed a morphologically benign perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm rather than a malignant melanoma. Close monitoring of the patient was recommended; she is currently diseasefree more than three years after her initial presentation.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Medical School.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Folpe
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Croghan