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Article: New surgery findings from J.M. Strzelczyk and co-authors described.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"PEComa is very rare mesenchymal neoplasm which is formed by perivascular epithelioid cells and is characterized by dual melanocytic and myoid differentiation. Up to now only a very few cases of PEComa of the liver have been described worldwide," scientists in Lodz, Poland report (see also Surgery).
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