ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2017
Pneumothorax caused by cystic and nodular lung metastases from a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa).
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- Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa) of the Sigmoid Colon: Case Report and Literature Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- Case Report: Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor with aggressive mediastinal invasion and pulmonary metastasis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- A Case Report of Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors of the Uterus and Literature Review.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Primary retroperitoneal PEComa: an incidental finding.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- A successful case of complete surgical resection via left upper and right lower lobectomy for bilateral lung metastases of a perivascular epithelioid cell tumor in the colon: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2021Article
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- Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa) of the female genital tract: A challenging question for gynaecologic oncologist and pathologist.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2020Review
- Hormonal therapy in uterine sarcomas.Cancer medicine · 2019Review
- Histopathologic characteristics and immunotypes of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa).International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019Article
- Multifocal perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus: report of one case and literature review.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019Article
- Thoracoabdominal imaging of tuberous sclerosis.Pediatric radiology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are mesenchymal neoplasms with immunoreactivity for both melanocytic and smooth muscle markers. PEComas occur at multiple sites, and malignant PEComas can undergo metastasis, recurrence and aggressive clinical courses. Although the lung is a common metastatic site of PEComas, they usually appear as multiple nodules but rarely become cystic or cavitary. Here, we describe a female patient whose lungs manifested multiple cystic, cavity-like and nodular metastases 3 years after the resection of uterine tumors tentatively diagnosed as epithelioid smooth muscle tumors with uncertain malignant potential. This patient's subsequent pneumothorax necessitated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, and examination of her resected lung specimens eventually led to correcting the diagnosis, i.e., to a PEComa harboring
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