Acinic cell carcinoma with high-grade transformation: A report of 9 cases with immunohistochemical study and analysis of TP53 and HER-2/neu genes

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1137-1145

  Skálová, Alena ^a,e,j   Sima, Radek ^b   Vanecek, Tomas ^b   Muller, Susan ^g   Korabecna, Marie ^a   Nemcova, Jana ^b   Elmberger, Goran ^h   Leivo, Ilmo ⁱ   Passador Santos, Fabricio ⁱ   Walter, Jiri ^a   Rousarova, Milena ^c   Jedlickova, Kristina ^d   Curik, Romuald ^e   Geierova, Marie ^f   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Pathology

^c Department of Pathology ^*

^d Medical Faculty Hospital

^e BIOPTICAL LABORATORY   (Czech Republic)

^f PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Acinic cell carcinoma; Dedifferentiation; HER 2 neu; High grade transformation; p53; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; CYTOKERATIN 18; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NECK DISSECTION; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-2; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 68249094933     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a38e1c     Document Type: Article

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