Myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary glands: A clinicopathologic study of 25 patients

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 761-774

  Savera, Adnan T ^b   Sloman, Andrew ^a   Huvos, Andrew G ^a   Klimstra, David S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant mixed tumor; Myoepithelial carcinoma; Myoepithelioma; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALPONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; PAROTIDECTOMY; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR, MALIGNANT; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034116840     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200006000-00001     Document Type: Article

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