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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 560-561 |
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Myoepithelial carcinoma of the tongue- spindle cell morphology with high mitosis: A case report and review of literature
Abhimanyu Sharma, Priyanka Gogoi, Vinod Kumar Arora
Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Vinod Kumar Arora
Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_758_16
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Myoepithelial carcinomas represent <1% of salivary gland tumors. Tongue is a rare site of occurrence. We present a case of a 30 year old female with myoepithelial carcinoma seen over dorsum of tongue with predominantly spindle cell morphology with clear cytoplasm and mitotic count of 6–7/10 hpf. We need to differentiate it from a spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma which can be seen at this location, i.e., tongue. In our case, there was no connection of the tumor with overlying squamous epithelium.
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