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Erschienen in: Virchows Archiv 5/2004

01.11.2004 | Letter to the Editor

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the palate composed exclusively of clear cells (clear cell variant)

verfasst von: Tadashi Terada, Shinobu Ikeuchi, Chie Inomoto, Kazuo Shimamura

Erschienen in: Virchows Archiv | Ausgabe 5/2004

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To the Editor, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MC) of the salivary glands is a malignant epithelial tumor that is composed of varying proportions of mucus, epidermoid, intermediate, columnar, and clear cells [2]. It is classified into low-, intermediate-, and high-grade types on the basis of morphologic and cytologic features [2, 6]. Although mucous, intermediate, and epidermoid cells are predominant in most MCs, it is well known that clear cells very infrequently predominate over other cell types [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Such cases are called clear cell variant of MC [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. The authors here report a rare case of MC of the palate composed exclusively of clear cells. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the palate composed exclusively of clear cells (clear cell variant)
verfasst von
Tadashi Terada
Shinobu Ikeuchi
Chie Inomoto
Kazuo Shimamura
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2004
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Virchows Archiv / Ausgabe 5/2004
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-004-1086-1

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