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Original Article

Clear cell (“sugar”) tumor of the lung is a lesion strictly related to angiomyolipoma—

The concept of a family of lesions characterized by the presence of the perivascular epithelioid cells (PEC)

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Pages 230-236 | Accepted 09 Nov 1993, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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