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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054973
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Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms

Definitions
PEComas of the falciform ligament / ligamentum teres. PEComas containing glycogen-rich clear cytoplasm and found in the lung and a wide range of extrapulmonary sites. A family of mesenchymal tumors composed of histologically and immunohistochemically distinctive perivascular epithelioid cells. These cells do not have a normal anatomic homolog. (From Fletcher CDM, et. al., World Health Organization Classification of Tumors: Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone, 2002).
Synonyms
Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor
Sugar Tumor, Clear-Cell
CCMMT
PEComa
PEComas
Clear Cell Sugar Tumors
Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic Tumors
Neoplasms, Perivascular Epithelioid Cell
Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic Tumor
Myomelanocytic Tumor, Clear-Cell
Tumor, Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic
Clear-Cell Sugar Tumors
Myomelanocytic Tumors, Clear-Cell
Clear Cell Myomelanocytic Tumors
Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors
Sugar Tumors, Clear-Cell
Clear Cell Myomelanocytic Tumor
Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm
Tumor, Clear-Cell Sugar
Clear-Cell Sugar Tumor
Clear Cell Sugar Tumor
Tumors, Clear-Cell Myomelanocytic
Tumors, Clear-Cell Sugar
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