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ArticleMedical molecular morphology2021

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland: report of a rare case with immunohistochemical and genetic analyses.

Kimihide Kusafuka, Masaru Yamashita, Aya Muramatsu, Kazumori Arai, Makoto Suzuki

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Article in Medical molecular morphology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Kimihide KusafukaDepartment of Pathology, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan. k-kusafuka@i.shizuoka-pho.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5315-2540
Masaru YamashitaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Aya MuramatsuDepartment of Pathology, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan.
Kazumori AraiDepartment of Pathology, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan.
Makoto SuzukiDepartment of Pathology, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1 Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8527, Japan.
Shizuoka General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMCa) is a rare low-grade salivary malignancy. It is rare for EMCa to occur as the carcinomatous component of carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma (PA). We examined one additional case of EMCa ex-PA, immunohistochemically and genetically. The patient was an 83-year-old female, who suffered from swelling of the right parotid region. Histologically, the tumor contained a hyalinized nodule, which displayed elastosis. The main tumor exhibited a bi-layered structure, involving inner ductal cells and clear outer myoepithelial cells. Immunostaining indicated that the inner cells were positive for epithelial membrane antigen, whereas the outer cells were positive for p40. On the genetic level, the carcinoma harbored no HRAS gene mutations, whereas fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of the Pleomorphic Adenoma Gene1 showed splitting signals in the carcinomatous component. We diagnosed this case as EMCa ex-PA. It is necessary to differentiate EMCa ex-PA from myoepithelial carcinoma and clear cell carcinoma, and FISH is useful for such purposes.

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MutationAdenoma, PleomorphicAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceParotid NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)DNA-Binding ProteinsHRAS protein, humanPLAG1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenomaEpithelial–myoepithelial carcinomaFISHHRAS genePleomorphic adenoma gene 1 gene

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