A benign or malignant tumor characterized by the presence of cells that show myoepithelial differentiation. Based on its morphologic features, it is classified as benign or malignant. A representative example of benign myoepithelioma is benign salivary gland myoepithelioma. Representative examples of malignant myoepithelioma or myoepithelial carcinoma are malignant breast myoepithelioma and salivary gland myoepithelial carcinoma. [ NCIT:C40392 ]
Synonyms: myoepithelial adenoma myoepithelial neoplasm myoepithelioma myoepithelial tumor
Term information
- ICDO:8982/0 (NCIT:C40392)
- NCIT:C40392 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:10235 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D009208 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:2661 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICDO:8982/1 (NCIT:C40392)
- UMLS:C0027070 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0027070
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2661
http://identifiers.org/medgen/10235
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D009208
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C40392