Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor (PEComa) of the Uterus
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Advances in Anatomic Pathology
- Vol. 15 (2), 63-75
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pap.0b013e31816613b0
Abstract
The uterus and retroperitoneum have emerged as the most frequently reported anatomic sites of origin of perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas), a poorly defined neoplasm that is characterized by varying amounts of spindle and epithelioid cells with clear to eosinophilic cytoplasm that display immunoreactivity for melanocytic markers, most frequently HMB-45. Published reports on 41 previously reported uterine PEComas are reviewed in this report. Of these 41 cases, 31 originating in the corpus and for which there was adequate follow-up information (or clinical malignancy) were categorized into 2 groups: (1) a malignant group that was comprised of cases associated with patient death of disease and/or clinical malignancy as evidenced by local and/or distant extension outside of the uterus (n=13, group 1) and (2) a "nonmalignant" group of cases in which neither of the above features were present (n=18, group 2). Groups 1 and 2 did not significantly differ regarding duration of follow-up (25 mo vs. 24.3 mo, respectively, P=0.9) or patient age (45.61 y vs. 43.46 y, respectively, P=0.7). Five of the group 1 patients experienced distant (extra-abdominal) metastases. The group 1 tumors were significantly larger than the group 2 tumors (averages 9.6 cm vs. 4.67 cm respectively, P=0.04); however, there were no size thresholds that, in of themselves, reliably classified 75% or more of the cases in both groups. Coagulative necrosis was highly associated with group 1, being present in 82% of cases as compared with only 11.8% of group 2 cases (P=0.0002). Eighty-eight percent of the group 2 cases had a mitotic rate of 1/10 HPF and/or coagulative necrosis are features that, if present, raise the definite potential for aggressive behavior.Keywords
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