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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology
2023-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2023-03-13.pdf |