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Myoepithelial Carcinoma and Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma

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Histopathology of the Salivary Glands

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Myoepithelial and epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma are two tumour entities that consist largely of malignant myoepithelial cells. Myoepithelial carcinoma (malignant myoepithelioma) (MC) consists almost entirely of myoepithelial cells with only the occasional duct-like structure. It was included first in the second WHO classification of 1991 and defined as ‘a rare malignant epithelial tumour composed of atypical myoepithelial cells with increased mitotic activity and aggressive growth’.

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Hellquist, H., Skalova, A. (2014). Myoepithelial Carcinoma and Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma. In: Histopathology of the Salivary Glands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46915-5_13

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