Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma with high grade transformation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1258-1265

  Roy, Paromita ^a,b   Bullock, Martin J ^c   Perez Ordoñez, Bayardo ^a,b   Dardick, Irving ^a,b   Weinreb, Ilan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

dedifferentiated; epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma; high grade transformation; myoepithelial anaplasia; myoepithelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956194637     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e366d2     Document Type: Article

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