The many faces of acinic cell carcinomas of the salivary glands: A study of 40 cases relating histological and immunohistological subtypes to clinical parameters and prognosis

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-408

  Schwarz, Stephan ^a   Zenk, Johannes ^a   Müller, Maximilian ^a   Ettl, Tobias ^b   Wünsch, Peter H ^c   Hartmann, Arndt ^a   Agaimy, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Nuremberg Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinic cell carcinoma; Cytokeratin 7 immunohistochemistry; Histogenetic subtypes; Mixed ductulo acinar subtype; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 7; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865370127     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04233.x     Document Type: Article

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