Review Article
“Malignant” Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm: Risk Stratification and Treatment Strategies
Table 2
Univariate analysis of clinical and histologic factors related to PEComa-NOS recurrence.
| Variable | Recurrence rate | Risk ratio | 95% CI | -value |
| Age (continuous variable) | | 1.02 | 1.01–1.04 | 0.01 | Size | | | | | < 5 cm | 6/92 (6.5%) | 1 | | | ≥ 5 cm | 32/84 (38.1%) | 10.74 | 3.22–66.47 | <0.001 | Sex | | | | | Male | 10/37 (27.0%) | 1 | | | Female | 28/134 (20.9%) | 0.85 | 0.39–2.13 | 0.70 | Mitotic rate | | | | | Low | 7/93 (7.5%) | 1 | | | High (>1/50 HPF) | 24/44 (54.5%) | 10.0 | 4.00–30.30 | <0.001 | Grade | | | | | Grade 1-2 | 9/51 (17.6%) | 1 | | | Grade 3 | 8/19 (42.1%) | 3.35 | 1.17–9.42 | 0.03 | Necrosis | | | | | Absent | 8/79 (10.1%) | 1 | | | Present | 25/53 (47.2%) | 7.19 | 3.18–18.38 | <0.001 | Vascular invasion | | | | | Absent | 11/52 (21.2%) | 1 | | | Present | 9/17 (52.9%) | 3.22 | 1.19–8.49 | 0.02 | Infiltration | | | | | Absent | 5/24 (20.8%) | 1 | | | Present | 7/38 (18.4%) | 1.14 | 0.34–4.41 | 0.84 | Primary location (versus all other sites) | | | | | GYN | 12/42 (28.6%) | 1.37 | 0.62–2.83 | 0.42 | GI | 4/22 (18.2%) | 1.69 | 0.49–4.51 | 0.24 | Skin | 0/20 (0%) | 6.2 × 10-7 | NC | 0.002 | Liver/Falciform ligament | 2/18 (11.1%) | 0.34 | 0.05–1.14 | 0.09 | Retroperitoneal | 4/12 (33.3%) | 1.32 | 0.39–3.40 | 0.61 |
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