Clear-cell myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary glands: A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of two cases involving the submandibular gland with review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 335-344

  Losito, Nunzia Simona ^a   Botti, Gerardo ^a   Ionna, Franco ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^b,c   Minenna, Pasquale ^c   Bisceglia, Michele ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clear cell carcinoma; Malignant myoepithelioma; Myoepithelial carcinoma; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549139250     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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