title: [Clinico-morphologic characterization of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands].
abstract: 64 cases of SGMC were studied. Clinical morphology of epidermoid carcinoma was studied according to the 2nd edition of the International histologic classification of the tumors of this site (WHO, Geneva, 1990). This allows to study not only incidence of this tumor depending on the site, sex and age, but to give new data on its biology. The malignancy of all the three types of this tumor (of low, moderate and high grade) was confirmed by means of histologic, histochemical, electron-microscopic (EM) and EM-histochemical methods. The previous assumption on benign character of the low-grade variant of the tumor was not confirmed.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kulikov
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Iagubov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dorofeev
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Mashkovtsev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017678:Sex Distribution