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*Malignant counterpart of ''salivary duct adenoma''.
*Malignant counterpart of ''salivary duct adenoma''.
*Male:female ~= 4:1.
*Male:female ~= 4:1.
*Dismal prognosis.<ref name=pmid21393874>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rajesh | first1 = NG. | last2 = Prayaga | first2 = AK. | last3 = Sundaram | first3 = C. | title = Salivary duct carcinoma: correlation of morphologic features by fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathology. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 54 | issue = 1 | pages = 37-41 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.77321 | PMID = 21393874 | url = http://www.ijpmonline.org/text.asp?2011/54/1/37/77321 }}</ref>
*Typically >50 years old.
*Typically >50 years old.
*Mostly in the parotid.
*Mostly in the parotid.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features - resembles ductal breast carcinoma:<ref name=pmid21393874/>
*Architecture: sheets, nests, cords, cribriform, micropapillary.
*Architecture: sheets, nests, cords, cribriform, micropapillary.
*Neoplastic cells line-up around cystic spaces "Roman bridges".
*Neoplastic cells line-up around cystic spaces "Roman bridges".
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