Frequent apocrine changes in pleomorphic adenoma with malignant transformation: a possible pre-malignant step in ductal carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma

Background The most common type of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CPA) is histologically equivalent to salivary duct carcinoma, which has an apocrine phenotype. Invasive CPA is often accompanied by non-invasive or in situ carcinoma, an observation that suggests the presence of precursor lesions....

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Main Authors: Joon Seon Song, Yeseul Kim, Yoon-Se Lee, Seung-Ho Choi, Soon Yuhl Nam, Sang Yoon Kim, Kyung-Ja Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2023-05-01
Series:Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2023-03-13.pdf