Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx: Case report of a rare entity

Myoepithelial carcinomas are rare tumors of salivary glands. Most occur in the parotid gland buta few other sites of origin have also been described. Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx has only been reported very few times. Because the lesion is so rare in the nasopharynx, there are no speci...

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Autores principales: Dhawan, Amit, Shenoy, Ashok, Sriprakash, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22639516
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94484
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author Dhawan, Amit
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description Myoepithelial carcinomas are rare tumors of salivary glands. Most occur in the parotid gland buta few other sites of origin have also been described. Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx has only been reported very few times. Because the lesion is so rare in the nasopharynx, there are no specific guidelines for its treatment. We present a rare case of myoepithelial carcinoma in the nasopharynx and discuss its diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.
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spelling pubmed-33434012012-05-25 Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx: Case report of a rare entity Dhawan, Amit Shenoy, Ashok Sriprakash, D. Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report Myoepithelial carcinomas are rare tumors of salivary glands. Most occur in the parotid gland buta few other sites of origin have also been described. Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx has only been reported very few times. Because the lesion is so rare in the nasopharynx, there are no specific guidelines for its treatment. We present a rare case of myoepithelial carcinoma in the nasopharynx and discuss its diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3343401/ /pubmed/22639516 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94484 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Myoepithelial carcinoma of the nasopharynx: Case report of a rare entity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22639516
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.94484
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