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Bladder perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: a novel rare neoplasm
Dimitra Kyrou1, Dimitris Staios, Athanasios G Papatsoris
1Department of Gynaecology, Clinic St. Elisabeth-St. Vincent, Liège, Belgium.
Urologia Internationalis
|November 19, 2011
Abstract:
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) have recently been defined as a group of neoplasms that have in common the co-expression of melanocytic and smooth muscle markers. We report a novel case of a rare bladder PEComa and we review the relevant literature.
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