Myoepithelial carcinoma
Common Name(s)
Myoepithelial carcinoma
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Scientific Literature
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The terms "Myoepithelial carcinoma" returned 31 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2013 ;6(2):314-7.
KIT and PDGFRA expression has rarely been examined in myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) of the salivary glands. An 89-year-old Japanese woman presented with a pharyngeal mass. Gross and imaging examinations revealed an elevated mass in the middle pharynx next to the oral cavity. A biopsy ...
Journal: Virchows Arch.. 2012 Jun;460(6):621-8.
Myoepithelial carcinoma of soft tissue (MEC) and cellular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (cEMC) share striking similarities. In this paper, we compare ten MECs with five cEMCs. MEC patients had an equal gender distribution. The age range was 15-76 years (mean, 42 years). Tumours ...
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Myoepithelial carcinoma is a rare tumour. The clinical and biological behaviours of these tumours are variable. Although many factors have been evaluated as potential prognostic indicators, including clinical stage, site and size of the tumour, high proliferative activity, extensive ...
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The terms "Myoepithelial carcinoma" returned 6 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Acta Med Port. 2011 Dec;24 Suppl 3():675-80.
Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) is a rare tumor with predilection for the major salivary glands, mainly the parotid gland. It is a tumor of low grade malignancy, and despite its tendency to local recurrence with low metastatic potential, rare cases of EMC may have an aggressive ...
Journal: Head Neck Pathol. 2013 Mar;7(1):85-92.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is the most frequent malignant neoplasm of the lacrimal glands. Like its salivary gland counterpart, lacrimal AdCC can rarely undergo high-grade transformation ("dedifferentiation"). We herein report the clinical, radiographic and microscopic findings ...
Journal: Head Neck Pathol. 2011 Jun;5(2):144-53.
We present a 45 year old female patient with a nasal carcinoma showing high-grade/anaplastic histomorphological features and with a distinct myoepithelial immunohistochemical phenotype including positivity for smooth muscle actin, p63, S100 protein with no sustentacular pattern, calponin, ...
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Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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