Erschienen in:
01.09.2006 | Correspondence
Metastatic PEComa to the brain
verfasst von:
Jeremy R. Parfitt, Julia L. Keith, Joseph F. Megyesi, Lee C. Ang
Erschienen in:
Acta Neuropathologica
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Ausgabe 3/2006
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Excerpt
Neoplasms of perivascular epithelioid cells (PEComas) have in common the co-expression of melanocytic and muscle immunohistochemical markers. While most reported PEComas have behaved in a benign fashion, malignant PEComas have occasionally been documented [
3‐
5]. We present a case of malignant PEComa, which was first diagnosed as a brain metastasis; this represents the first documentation of brain involvement by PEComa. …