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The majority of squamous carcinomas of the larynx are composed of epidermoid elements with definite cytological changes of malignancy. In a few cases a major portion of the neoplasm shows a mesenchymal appearance without squamous cell differentiation—the spindle cell carcinoma. At the other extreme of the spectrum of malignancy is a highly differentiated epidermoid tumour which, although behaving in an invasive fashion, is so well differentiated that a cytological diagnosis of malignancy cannot be made on currently accepted criteria. The latter tumours usually have a warty, papillary structure which gives rise to the term verrucous squamous carcinoma.
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Michaels, L. (1984). Atypical Forms of Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Spindle Cell Carcinoma, Verrucous Squamous Carcinoma. In: Pathology of the Larynx. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3117-5_29
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