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Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms

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Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology

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The vast majority of malignant epithelial neoplasms of salivary glands can be allocated to the categories of acinic cell carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma or adenoid cystic carcinoma. All of the other neoplasms described in this chapter are rare.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, UCL Medical School, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  2. Royal Free and UCL Medical School, University of London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  3. Royal National Throat, Nose nad Ear Hospital, London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

  5. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

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Michaels, L., Hellquist, H.B. (2001). Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms. In: Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0235-9_42

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