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. 2013 Apr 15;8:60. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-60

Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of mesenteric PEComas described in present and previous reports

No. Authors (yr.) Diagnosis Age (year)/Gender Tumor size (cm) Nuclear grade Cellularity MF (per 50HPF) Invasion Necrosis LN status Treatment Outcome
1
Folpe AL (2005) [3]
PEComa with UMP
67/Female
13.0
High
Moderate
0
No
No
Not involved
SE only
NED at 84 months
2
 
Benign PEComa
97/Female
4.0
Intermediate
Moderate
0
No
No
Not involved
SE only
NED at 38 months
3
 
Malignant PEComa
80/Female
9.5
High
High
>50
Vascular invasion
Yes
Not involved
SE only
NED at 19 months
4
 
Malignant PEComa
46/Female
12.0
Intermediate
Moderate
5
Vascular invasion
Yes
Not involved
SE + CT
Recur and liver metastases at 22 months; die at 27 months
5
Gross E (2010) [4]
Malignant PEComa
5.5/Male
5.0
High
Moderate
NA
Surrounding tissue invasion
No
Not involved
SE only
NED at 24 months
6
Lai CL (2012) [5]
Malignant PEComa
59/Male
11.0
High
High
3
Vascular invasion
Yes
Not involved
SE + CT
Recur at 6 months; alive
7 The present case Malignant PEComa 38/Female 10.0 Intermediate Moderate 2 Surrounding tissue invasion Yes Involved SE + CT NED at 6 months

UMP, uncertain malignant potential; MF, mitotic figure; LN, lymph node; SE, surgical excision; CT, chemotherapy; NA, not available; NED, no evidence of disease.