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"Pancreatic Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma" Is not a Pancreatic Counterpart of CRTC1/3-MAML2 Fusion Gene-related Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland, and May More Appropriately be Termed Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma With Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma-like Features.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Nov 2018
Saeki Kiyoshi, Ohishi Yoshihiro, Matsuda Ryota, Mochidome Naoki, Miyasaka Yoshihiro, Yamamoto Hidetaka, Koga Yutaka, Maehara Yoshihiko, Nakamura Masafumi, Oda Yoshinao
Abstract excerpt
"Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC)" has been accepted as a synonym for pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC). Pancreatic ASC can show salivary gland-type MEC-like morphology. CRTC1/3-MAML2 fusion gene is a characteristic molecular feature of MEC of the salivary gland. We conducted this study to clarify whether the pancreatic ASC with salivary gland-type MEC-like morphology (Pan-MEC) is a pancreatic counterpart of...
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