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Sugar Tumour
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Sugar Tumour
A benign, circumcised but unencapsulated lung tumour characterised by exuberant vascularity, little stroma and round, polygonal glycogen-filled clear cells with well-defined borders. Sugar tumours may be surrounded by hyalinised boundaries with focal calcifications and ‘spider’ cells. They are classified as PEComas. The tumours are HMB45 +, PAS +ve and dPAS -ve


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The most common causes of coma include: Severe head injury Seizures Metabolic disturbances, such as low or high blood sugar Tumors or other structural lesions leading to high pressure within the skull Bleeding in the brain Alcohol or drug intoxication.
The PEComa family of tumors includes angiomyolipoma, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, clear cell sugar tumor of the lung, and clear cell myomelanocytic tumor of the falciform ligament/ligamentum teres.
 
 
 
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