Malignant myoepithelioma of the hard palate: 9-year follow-up
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Malignant myoepithelioma of the hard palate: 9-year follow-up.
Myoepitheliomas are rare tumors that represent about 1% of the salivary gland tumors. Most of them are benign, and only 10% are malignant, and the latter are called malignant myoepitheliomas or myoepithelial carcinomas. The first case of a malignant myoepithelioma was described in 1975, since then there has been a greater incidence of these tumors reported in the parotid gland. Its involvement ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1808-8686
DOI: 10.1590/s1808-86942009000400025