Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the minor salivary glands: Immunohistochemical and morphological features

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4703-4709

  Angiero, Francesca ^a   Sozzi, Davide ^a   Seramondi, Rossella ^b   Valente, Maria Gabriella ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma; Histological variants; Immunohistochemistry; Minor salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIAL MYOEPITHELIAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MOUTH TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75149124718     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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