Cytopathological Features of an Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma with Predominant Clear Myoepithelial Cells in the Parotid Gland

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-283

  Kawahara, Akihiko ^a   Harada, Hiroshi ^b   Yokoyama, Toshiro ^c   Kage, Masayoshi ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clear myoepithelial cells; Epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma; Immunocytochemistry; Imprint cytology; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EPITHELIAL MYOEPITHELIAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PAROTID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842484990     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20021     Document Type: Article

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