title: Terminal duct adenocarcinomas of salivary tissues.
abstract: Terminal duct adenocarcinoma is recommended as an encompassing diagnostic designation for a preponderantly intraoral salivary gland carcinoma that has also gone under the names of polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma, lobular carcinoma, and low-grade papillary adenocarcinoma. The carcinoma is biologically low grade, with its papillary phenotype manifesting a more aggressive behavior than nonpapillary forms.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Batsakis
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: el-Naggar
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic