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salivary mucoepidermoid carcinoma

salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma

 

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm observed in the major and minor salivary glands.

Synopsis

-  In children: #10964053#

Immunochemistry

-  cytokeratin+
-  mucin proteins expression (#15958852#)

Differential diagnosis

-  necrotizing sialometaplasia (NSM)
-  metastatic squamous carninoma (for high-grade MEC)
-  adenosquamous carcinoma
-  cystadenoma
-  cystadenocarcinoma
-  sebaceous carcinoma
-  clear cell tumors

-  oncocytic tumors

Cytogenetics

-  t(11;19)(q21;p13) translocation

Molecular biology

-  TORC1-MAML2 fusion gene by t(11;19)(q21;p13)

Grading: #11420454#, #9529011#

-  Grading parameters (#9529011#)

See also

-  salivary tumors (salivary gland tumors)

References

-  Handra-Luca A, Lamas G, Bertrand JC, Fouret P. MUC1, MUC2, MUC4, and MUC5AC expression in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma: diagnostic and prognostic implications. Am J Surg Pathol. 2005 Jul;29(7):881-9. PMID: #15958852#

-  Guzzo M, Andreola S, Sirizzotti G, Cantu G. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands: clinicopathologic review of 108 patients treated at the National Cancer Institute of Milan. Ann Surg Oncol. 2002 Aug;9(7):688-95. PMID: #12167584#

-  Brandwein MS, Ivanov K, Wallace DI, Hille JJ, Wang B, Fahmy A, Bodian C, Urken ML, Gnepp DR, Huvos A, Lumerman H, Mills SE. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 80 patients with special reference to histological grading. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001 Jul;25(7):835-45. PMID: #11420454#

-  Goode RK, Auclair PL, Ellis GL. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the major salivary glands: clinical and histopathologic analysis of 234 cases with evaluation of grading criteria. Cancer. 1998 Apr 1;82(7):1217-24. PMID: #9529011#


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