* Cutaneous metastasis from a myoepithelial carcinoma of submandibular salivary gland.
- Myoepithelial carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of salivary gland with locally aggressive nature and potential for distant metastasis. It is composed of tumor cells with myoepithelial differentiation showing varied cytomorphology. Lungs and kidneys are the commonest sites for distant metastasis. Cutaneous metastasis of myoepithelial carcinoma is very rare. In this report, we described cutaneous metastasis of myoepithelial carcinoma arising from submandibular gland.
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Overview of noun tumor
The noun tumor has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (18) tumor, tumour, neoplasm -- (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
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