A diagnostic dilemma between epithelioid leiomyoma and PEComa in the right retroperitoneum: A case report of risk-adapted management with long-term recurrence-free follow-up

Yangqing Cui, Xuemin Liang, Shiyong Liu, Gangling Su · 2026

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Yangqing Cui and co-authors report a hard case of a tumor found behind the belly in a woman in her forties. Their twenty twenty-six case report weighs two look-alike growths. One is a benign smooth muscle tumor, and the other is a PEComa, which can turn harmful.

Scans found the mass by chance, and surgery removed it in full. Under the microscope the cells looked even, with very low growth, yet one marker clouded the call. The team chose care matched to the risk and then tracked the patient for years. She stayed free of return, a result readers can weigh against the doubt at the start.

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CREATORYangqing Cui, Xuemin Liang, Shiyong Liu, Gangling Su
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE28 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13200923

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