Abstract:Background: Perivascular epithelial cell malignant tumor (PEComa) is a mesenchymal tumor with the characteristics of perivascular epithelioid cells in histology and immunophenotype. It mostly occurs in kidney, uterus, liver and so on. Solid pseudopapillary is a tumor that commonly originates in the pancreas. Solid pseudopapillary of ovary is similar to PEComa in histology and is easily misdiagnosed in clinic. This paper reports a case of malignant gastrointestinal PEComa misdiagnosed as solid pseudopapillary n… Show more
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