Myoepithelioma of the soft tissue of the head and neck: A case report and review of the literature

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-473

  Neto, Antonio Galvao ^a   Pineda Daboin, Keyla ^b   Luna, Mario A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Hospital Militar Dr Carlos Arvelo   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Myoepithelial tumor; Myoepithelioma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342632647     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20044     Document Type: Review

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