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Hepatic PEComas are rare and difficult to diagnose, and their behavior is still unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Herein, we report a total of five cases of hepatic and perihepatic PEComas over a period of the last 5 years from our and collaborating center\u2019s archive. A detailed histological evaluation was done. A comprehensive panel of immunohistochemical stains was used and fluorescence in-situ hybridization analysis was performed for the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">TFE3<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene using break-apart probes.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Result:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All these patients were women, with an average age of presentation of 44 years. The lesions were in the right hepatic lobe: three cases, the left hepatic lobe: one case, and gastrohepatic ligament: one case. The preoperative clinicoradiological diagnoses were hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), focal nodular hyperplasia, hemangioma, metastasis, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor, respectively. Surgical excision was performed in four cases with no further adjuvant therapy. Histopathological examination and subsequent immunophenotyping revealed a diagnosis of PEComa. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization analysis was performed for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">TFE3<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene rearrangement in four cases.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This series highlights the fact that accurate histological diagnosis of hepatic or perihepatic PEComas is important to prevent unnecessary aggressive treatment, unlike primary hepatocellular carcinomas or hepatoid\/epithelioid metastatic tumors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijpm.ijpm_587_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,21]],"date-time":"2024-02-21T06:01:06Z","timestamp":1708495266000},"page":"355-361","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Hepatic and perihepatic PEComas: A 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