soft tissue myoepithelioma
Definition: Soft tissue myoepithelioma is a rare tumor displaying myoepithelial elements within a hyalinized to chondromyxoid stroma and lacking obvious ductal differentiation. The histogenesis is unclear and most are benign, but some behave in a malignant fashion.
In the recent WHO classification of tumors of soft tissue and bone, myoepithelioma is considered to be part of a spectrum that also embrases mixed tumor and parachordoma.
Myoepithelioma, mixed tumor and parachordoma are uncommon soft tissue tumors thought to represent morphological variants of a single tumor type.
They morphologically resemble mixed tumor of the salivary glands (also known as pleomorphic adenoma), a tumor characterized by deregulated expression of PLAG1 or HMGA2.
References
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Cytogenetic analysis of a primary salivary gland myoepithelioma.
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