Sinonasal Tract Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic and Immunophenotypic Study of 19 Cases Combined with a Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-207

  Wolfish, Erica B ^a   Nelson, Brenda L ^b   Thompson, Lester D R ^a  

^a WOODLAND HILLS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Differential diagnosis; Frontal sinus; Immunohistochemistry; Maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus; Meta analysis; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Nasal cavity; Outcome; Prognosis; Review; Sinonasal tract; Staging

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOSE TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862220203     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-011-0320-9     Document Type: Article

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