Table of Conents

SALIVARY GLAND TUMORS; CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES


MYOEPITHELIOMA


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  • ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES
  • Dense bodies (top figure; green arrows)
  • Basal lamina (top figure; brown arrows)
  • Intermediate filaments
  • Tonofilaments
  • Desmosomes
  • Microfilaments (bottom figure; arrow)
  • Myxoid stroma
  • Amorphous hyaline material
  • IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL FEATURES
  • Cytokeratin 14, variable
  • Vimentin, variable
  • Smooth muscle actin, variable
  • Spindle cells, strongly
  • Epitheliod cells, rarely
  • Plasmacytoid cells, non-reactive
  • Desmin absent
  • S-100, rare
  • GFAP, rare