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Myoepithelial carcinoma is the malignant counterpart of myoepithelioma. Myoepithelial carcinoma affects children and adults. Women and men are involved with similar frequency. The majority of cases involve major salivary glands, presenting as single or multiple masses. Most cases of myoepithelial carcinoma behave as intermediate- to high-grade malignancies. Myoepithelial carcinoma may be well-circumscribed or infiltrative, comprised almost exclusively of one cell type (myoepithelial), and exhibit a variety of architectural patterns (nests, cords, and trabeculae) (Figs. 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 19.8, 19.9, 19.10, 19.11, 19.12, 19.13, 19.14, 19.15, 19.16, 19.17, 19.18, 19.19, 19.20, 19.21 and 19.22).
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García, J.J. (2019). Myoepithelial Carcinoma. In: Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09021-4_19
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