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==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
*Cystic or solid, | *Cystic or solid, usually a mix of both. | ||
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*May mimic a benign cystic lesion grossly. | |||
*Unicystic mucoepidermoid carcinoma is rare.<ref name=pmid22843640>{{cite journal |authors=Qannam A, Bello IO, Al-Kindi M, Al-Hindi M |title=Unicystic mucoepidermoid carcinoma presenting as a salivary duct cyst |journal=Int J Surg Pathol |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=181–5 |date=April 2013 |pmid=22843640 |doi=10.1177/1066896912454918 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256999/figure/f2-cpath-5-2012-001/ Low-grade MEC (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid22262946>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mokhtari | first1 = S. | last2 = Mokhtari | first2 = S. | title = Clinical features and differential diagnoses in laryngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | journal = Clin Med Insights Pathol | volume = 5 | issue = | pages = 1-6 | month = | year = 2012 | doi = 10.4137/CPath.S8435 | PMID = 22262946 }}</ref> | *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256999/figure/f2-cpath-5-2012-001/ Low-grade MEC (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid22262946>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mokhtari | first1 = S. | last2 = Mokhtari | first2 = S. | title = Clinical features and differential diagnoses in laryngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | journal = Clin Med Insights Pathol | volume = 5 | issue = | pages = 1-6 | month = | year = 2012 | doi = 10.4137/CPath.S8435 | PMID = 22262946 }}</ref> | ||
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256999/figure/f3-cpath-5-2012-001/ Intermed. grade MEC (nih.gov)]. | *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256999/figure/f3-cpath-5-2012-001/ Intermed. grade MEC (nih.gov)]. | ||
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*CK20 -ve. | *CK20 -ve. | ||
*CEA +ve.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hassanin | first1 = MB. | last2 = Ghosh | first2 = L. | last3 = Das | first3 = AK. | last4 = Waterhouse | first4 = JP. | title = Immunohistochemical and fluorescent microscopic study of histogenesis of salivary mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | journal = J Oral Pathol Med | volume = 18 | issue = 5 | pages = 291-8 | month = May | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2475619 }}</ref> | *CEA +ve.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hassanin | first1 = MB. | last2 = Ghosh | first2 = L. | last3 = Das | first3 = AK. | last4 = Waterhouse | first4 = JP. | title = Immunohistochemical and fluorescent microscopic study of histogenesis of salivary mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | journal = J Oral Pathol Med | volume = 18 | issue = 5 | pages = 291-8 | month = May | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2475619 }}</ref> | ||
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<pre> | |||
A. Lymph Node, Deep Lobe of Left Parotid Gland, Excision: | |||
- One lymph node NEGATIVE for malignancy (0/1). | |||
B. Parotid Gland - Left Deep Lobe, Excision: | |||
- MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA, low (AFIP) grade. | |||
-- Margins clear. | |||
-- Please see synoptic report. | |||
</pre> | |||
==Molecular== | ==Molecular== | ||