A uterine pecoma: a case report
G Chir. 1999 Apr;20(4):163-4.
[A uterine pecoma: a case report]
D'Andrea V, Lippolis G, Biancari F, Ruco LP, Marzullo A, Wedard BM, Di Matteo FM, Sarmiento R, Dibra
Istituto III Clinica Chirurgica, Universita degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
The authors describe the first ever reported case of a malignant pecoma of the uterus infiltrating the ovary, the tube and two bowel loops. This extremely rare tumour usually shows a benign behaviour and seems to arise from the perivascular epithelioid cells (PEC).
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Case Reports
PMID: 10230118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]