Publications by authors named "Sandhya Fonseca"
Am J Case Rep
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) is generally a benign tumor, but this report details two cases of advanced malignant PEComa in women aged 74 and 50, leading to complex surgical management.*
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- The first patient presented with a large, painful abdominal mass and difficult pathological diagnosis, while the second patient showed typical immunohistochemical patterns and received targeted therapy, resulting in no recurrence after 8 months.*
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- The study highlights the variability in clinical features of metastatic PEComa and the challenges in diagnosis, noting that there are currently no definitive diagnostic markers for these tumors.*
