Difference between revisions of "Myoepithelial carcinoma"

'''Myoepithelial carcinoma''', abbreviated '''MECA''' a rare malignant [[salivary gland]] tumour.<ref name=pmid25970687>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kong | first1 = M. | last2 = Drill | first2 = EN. | last3 = Morris | first3 = L. | last4 = West | first4 = L. | last5 = Klimstra | first5 = D. | last6 = Gonen | first6 = M. | last7 = Ghossein | first7 = R. | last8 = Katabi | first8 = N. | title = Prognostic factors in myoepithelial carcinoma of salivary glands: a clinicopathologic study of 48 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 39 | issue = 7 | pages = 931-8 | month = Jul | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000452 | PMID = 25970687 }}</ref> It is the malignant counterpart of [[myoepithelioma]].<ref name=pmid9797738>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McCluggage | first1 = WG. | last2 = Primrose | first2 = WJ. | last3 = Toner | first3 = PG. | title = Myoepithelial carcinoma (malignant myoepithelioma) of the parotid gland arising in a pleomorphic adenoma. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 51 | issue = 7 | pages = 552-6 | month = Jul | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9797738 }}</ref>