Difference between revisions of "Salivary glands"
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*The classic description - composed of 3 cell types: epidermoid, intermediate, and mucin producing.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lennerz | first1 = JK. | last2 = Perry | first2 = A. | last3 = Mills | first3 = JC. | last4 = Huettner | first4 = PC. | last5 = Pfeifer | first5 = JD. | title = Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the cervix: another tumor with the t(11;19)-associated CRTC1-MAML2 gene fusion. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 6 | pages = 835-43 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318190cf5b | PMID = 19092631 }}</ref> | |||
**"Intermediate cells" are described in textbooks. Weinreb thinks they are a pretty much a myth.<ref>IW. 10 January 2011.</ref> | |||
*Mucin vacuoles may be rare; in a superficial glance -- it may mimic [[squamous cell carcinoma]]. | *Mucin vacuoles may be rare; in a superficial glance -- it may mimic [[squamous cell carcinoma]]. | ||
*The thought of high-grade MEC should prompt consideration of squamous cell carcinoma. | *The thought of high-grade MEC should prompt consideration of squamous cell carcinoma. | ||