Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Perivascular epitheloid cell tumour (PEComa) of the retroperitoneum – a rare tumor with uncertain malignant behaviour: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Perivascular epitheloid cell tumour PEComa of the retroperitoneum - a rare tumor with uncertain malignant behaviour a case report Alexandra M Koenig 1 Alexander Quaas2 Thorsten Ries3 Emre F Yekebas1 Karim A Gawad1 Yogesh K Vashist1 Christoph Burdelski1 Oliver Mann1 Jakob R Izbicki1 and Andreas Erbersdobler2 Address Department of General Visceral and Thoracic Surgery University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistrafie 52 Hamburg Germany institute of Pathology University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistrafie 52 Hamburg Germany and 3Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistrafie 52 Hamburg Germany Email Alexandra M Koenig - akoenig@ Alexander Quaas - aquaas@ Thorsten Ries - ries@ Emre F Yekebas - yekebas@ Karim A Gawad - gawad@ Yogesh K Vashist - cburdelski@ Christoph Burdelski - vashist@ Oliver Mann - omann@ Jakob R Izbicki - Izbicki@ Andreas Erbersdobler - erbersdo@ Corresponding author Published 16 February 2009 Received 12 February 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 62 doi 1752-1947-3-62 Accepted 16 February 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 62 2009 Koenig et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Perivascular epitheloid cell tumours are rare mesenchymal neoplasms characterized by a proliferation of perivascular cells with an epitheloid phenotype and expression of myomelanocytic markers. .