Background. Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) of the salivary gland is a low-grade carcinoma. It has been widely accepted as a clinicopathologic entity only in the past decade. Histologically, the classical bimodal differentiation of inner eosinophilic ductal cells and outer layer of clear my
Melanin bearing myoepithelial cells in a pigmented salivary gland carcinoma: a new avatar of myoepithelial cell? A case report
β Scribed by Saral S. Desai; Anita M. Borges
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Volume
- 448
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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