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Clinical:
Clinical:
*Usually midline - as the name of the tumour suggests.
*Usually midline - as the name of the tumour suggests.
*[[Head and neck pathology|Head, neck]] and mediastinum.<ref name=pmid18552174>{{Cite journal  | last1 = French | first1 = CA. | title = Demystified molecular pathology of NUT midline carcinomas. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 63 | issue = 6 | pages = 492-6 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2007.052902 | PMID = 18552174 }}</ref>
*Poor prognosis.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid20951314>{{Cite journal  | last1 = French | first1 = CA. | title = NUT midline carcinoma. | journal = Cancer Genet Cytogenet | volume = 203 | issue = 1 | pages = 16-20 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.06.007 | PMID = 20951314 }}
Features:<ref name=pmid20951314>{{Cite journal  | last1 = French | first1 = CA. | title = NUT midline carcinoma. | journal = Cancer Genet Cytogenet | volume = 203 | issue = 1 | pages = 16-20 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.06.007 | PMID = 20951314 }}</ref><ref name=pmid18552174>{{Cite journal  | last1 = French | first1 = CA. | title = Demystified molecular pathology of NUT midline carcinomas. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 63 | issue = 6 | pages = 492-6 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2007.052902 | PMID = 18552174 }}</ref>
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*Poorly differentiated carcinoma.
*Poorly differentiated carcinoma.
**Cohesive malignant cells.
*Islands of well-differentiated squamous epithelium - '''key feature'''.
*Islands of well-differentiated squamous epithelium - '''key feature'''.
DDx:
*[[Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma]].
*Poorly differentiated carcinoma.


==Molecular==
==Molecular==
*Rearrangement of the ''NUT'' gene.<ref name=pmid20951314/>
*Rearrangement of the ''NUT'' gene.<ref name=pmid20951314/>
**Most common: ''BRD-NUT''.<ref>{{OMIM|608749}}</ref>
**Most common: t(15;19)(q14;p13) ''BRD/NUT''.<ref name=pmid18552174>{{Cite journal  | last1 = French | first1 = CA. | title = Demystified molecular pathology of NUT midline carcinomas. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 63 | issue = 6 | pages = 492-6 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2007.052902 | PMID = 18552174 }}</ref><ref>{{OMIM|608749}}</ref>
 
==References==
==References==
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