Clear cell myoepithelioma of the hard palate
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Clear cell myoepithelioma of the hard palate.
Clear cell myoepithelioma arising from the minor salivary glands of hard palate is a rare entity. Most of the cases of palatal myoepitheliomas reported so far are either plasmacytoid or spindle cell type. Our literature search revealed only one case report of clear cell myoepithelioma of the palate. We report a case in a 21-year-old female who presented to us with a non-ulcerating, painless fir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.492