Erschienen in:
09.02.2023
Sclerosing Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma with Eosinophilia of the Thyroid and Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thyroid: What’s in a Name?
verfasst von:
Virginia A. LiVolsi
Erschienen in:
Endocrine Pathology
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Ausgabe 1/2023
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Excerpt
What do sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia (SMECE) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid (MEC) have in common? They are both primary thyroid carcinomas and they share part of their diagnostic names. Beyond that, similarities are absent (in the opinion of the present author). Unfortunately, the literature on these two entities has led to confusion as to the relationships of the lesions to each other and also, to what is the cell of origin. …