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===IHC===  
===IHC===  
*S-100 +ve, SMA +ve, GFAP +ve.
*S-100 +ve, SMA +ve, GFAP +ve.
==Myoepithelioma==
===General===
*Usually benign.
**May be malignant.
Location:<ref name=pmid2982059>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Barnes | first1 = L. | last2 = Appel | first2 = BN. | last3 = Perez | first3 = H. | last4 = El-Attar | first4 = AM. | title = Myoepithelioma of the head and neck: case report and review. | journal = J Surg Oncol | volume = 28 | issue = 1 | pages = 21-8 | month = Jan | year = 1985 | doi =  | PMID = 2982059 }}</ref>
*Parotid gland ~50%.
*Palate ~25%
*Submandibular gland ~12%.
Notes:
*First described in 1972.<ref name=pmid5075358>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Saksela | first1 = E. | last2 = Tarkkanen | first2 = J. | last3 = Wartiovaara | first3 = J. | title = Parotid clear-cell adenoma of possible myoepithelial origin. | journal = Cancer | volume = 30 | issue = 3 | pages = 742-8 | month = Sep | year = 1972 | doi =  | PMID = 5075358 }}</ref>
===Microsopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_DCHH130>{{Ref DCHH|130}}</ref>
*Myoepithelial cells:
**May be:
***Spindled.
***Plasmacytoid.
***Epithelioid.
***Clear.
*Lack of tubules.
**May be upto 10% (or 5%<ref>I. Weinreb. 24 October 2011.</ref>
DDx:
*[[Pleomorphic adenoma]].
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=Ref_DCHH130>{{Ref DCHH|130}}</ref>
*S100 +ve.
*GFAP +ve.
*CK14 +ve.
Others:<ref name=Ref_DCHH18>{{Ref DCHH|18}}</ref>
*SMA +ve.
*Calponin +ve.


==Basal cell adenoma==
==Basal cell adenoma==