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01-03-2020 | Brief Report

Salivary ghost cell carcinoma: case report and proposal of a new entity

Authors: Stephan Ihrler, Martin Mollenhauer, Barbara Weitmayr, Christian J. Haas

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

Various topographically heterogeneous, histologically related groups of basaloid tumours are characterized by ghost cell differentiation with associated CTNNB1 mutations and nuclear β-catenin expression. We describe the unique case of a malignant tumour with ghost cell differentiation in the floor of the mouth, in which clinical, radiological, histological, immunohistological and molecular data altogether strongly indicate classification as a new type of salivary gland carcinoma.

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Title: Salivary ghost cell carcinoma: case report and proposal of a new entity
Authors: Stephan Ihrler
Martin Mollenhauer
Barbara Weitmayr
Christian J. Haas
Publication date: 01-03-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-019-02657-y

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