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Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor: A Case Report of a Rare Entity
Cardosa, MF; Ferreira de Lima, S; Knoblich, M; Afonso, I; Mendes, CPerivascular epithelioid cell tumor is a rare mesenchymal tumor with myomelanocytic differentiation. It mainly occurs in middle-aged females and can be found at any location. The differential diagnosis is broad but the immunohistochemical biomarkers establish the diagnosis. A 4-year-old girl was referred to a pediatric gastroenterology clinic due to recurrent umbilical pain and the workup revealed biliary lithi...
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Unusual Presentation of this Rare Clinical Entity ...
Martins, M; Cardosa, MF; Calhau, P; Caldas, G; Alves, RMalignant hepatic tumors are rare in children and hepatocellular carcinomas only represent 20% of cases. A previously healthy 10 year-old male was admitted for sudden abdominal pain. Ultrasound imaging showed an ileo-ileal intussusception with spontaneous resolution, but in the face of worsening pain, fever, and a palpable epigastric mass, abdominal magnetic resonance imaging was performed, showing a liver lesi...