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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Role of Chemotherapy, VEGFR Inhibitors, and mTOR Inhibitors in Advanced Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors (PEComas). Clin Cancer Res. 2019 09 01; 25(17):5295-5300.
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Metastatic malignant PEComa of the leg with identification of ATRX mutation by next-generation sequencing. Virchows Arch. 2018 Mar; 472(3):499-503.