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Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm of the uterine cervix: an unusual tumor in an unusual location.
- Source :
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Rare tumors [Rare Tumors] 2010 Dec 31; Vol. 2 (4), pp. e56. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Dec 31. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A 46-year-old woman presented for a second opinion regarding a 3-4 cm mass of the uterine cervix. A prior biopsy had been interpreted as a malignant melanoma of the cervix, resulting in a radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy. This was to be followed by external beam irradiation and immunotherapy; however, given the rarity of this diagnosis, the patient sought a second opinion at our institution. Further review of the pathological material from the hysterectomy revealed a morphologically benign perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm rather than a malignant melanoma. Close monitoring of the patient was recommended; she is currently diseasefree more than three years after her initial presentation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2036-3613
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Rare tumors
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 21234248
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e56