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{{Main|Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck}}
{{Main|Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck}}
*Most common tumour of the [[head and neck pathology|head & neck]].
*Most common tumour of the [[head and neck pathology|head & neck]].
**[[Tongue squamous cell carcinoma]] is dealt with separately.
*''[[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma]]'' can be considered a variant SCC.
*''[[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma]]'' can be considered a variant SCC.
*HPV-associated SCC is dealt with in ''[[HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]]''.
*HPV-associated SCC is dealt with in ''[[HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]]''.
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==Spindle cell squamous carcinoma==
==Spindle cell squamous carcinoma==
*[[AKA]] ''sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma''.<ref name=pmid18787630 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hall | first1 = JM. | last2 = Saenger | first2 = JS. | last3 = Fadare | first3 = O. | title = Diagnostic utility of P63 and CD10 in distinguishing cutaneous spindle cell/sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinomas and atypical fibroxanthomas. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 1 | issue = 6 | pages = 524-30 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18787630 }}</ref>
===General===
===General===
*Common spindle cell lesion of the head and neck.
*Common spindle cell lesion of the head and neck.
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=IHC=
=IHC=
Features:<ref name=pmid20823766>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pereira | first1 = TC. | last2 = Share | first2 = SM. | last3 = Magalhães | first3 = AV. | last4 = Silverman | first4 = JF. | title = Can we tell the site of origin of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma? An immunohistochemical tissue microarray study of 194 cases. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 10-4 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181ecaf1c | PMID = 20823766 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid20823766>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pereira | first1 = TC. | last2 = Share | first2 = SM. | last3 = Magalhães | first3 = AV. | last4 = Silverman | first4 = JF. | title = Can we tell the site of origin of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma? An immunohistochemical tissue microarray study of 194 cases. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 10-4 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181ecaf1c | PMID = 20823766 }}</ref>
*CK5/6 +ve.
*[[CK5/6]] +ve.
*p63 +ve.
*[[p63]] +ve.
*K903 +ve.
*K903 +ve.
*p16 +ve/-ve -- dependent on site, +ve favours non-lung SCC.<ref name=pmid20823766/>
*[[p16]] +ve/-ve -- dependent on site, +ve favours non-lung SCC.<ref name=pmid20823766/>
*[[p40]] +ve.
 
Note:
*Immunostains not particularly helpful for establishing primary site of squamous cell carcinoma. p16 may be helpful but is not definitive for non-lung SCC.<ref name=pmid20823766/>


=See also=
=See also=
*[[Adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia]] - can mimic squamous cell carcinoma.
*[[Basics]].
*[[Basics]].


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