Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the lung synchronous with a primary adenocarcinoma: One case report and review of the literature

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Background: Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors (PEComa) is an extraordinarily rare mesenchymal neoplasm especially the malignant type originating from the lung. To date, only 8 cases of malignant or malignant potential pulmonary PEComa had been documented. Firm diagnostic criteria for malignant pulmonary PEComa need urgently to be established. Case presentation: We report a challenging case of malignant pulmonary PEComa combined with a primary adenocarcinoma in a 54-year-old man. The PEComa-like tumor showed strong Melan-A and weak transcription factor E3 (TFE3) protein expression but no TFE3 gene rearrangement. The carcinoma-like nodule was recognized as a poorly differentiated primary lung adenocarcinoma. Discussion and conclusions: Our case report was the first case of malignant pulmonary PEComa synchronous with a primary adenocarcinoma and studied the dilemma of diagnosing benign versus malignant criteria for this uncommon tumor.

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Zhao, J., Teng, H., Zhao, R., Ding, W., Yu, K., Zhu, L., … Han, Y. (2019). Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the lung synchronous with a primary adenocarcinoma: One case report and review of the literature. BMC Cancer, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5383-0

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