Diagnostic utility of C-kit protein [CD117] expression in differentiating adenoid cystic carcinoma and polymorphous low grade Adenocarcinoma
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2017; 33 (6): 1376-1380
in English
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ABSTRACT
Background and Objective:
To evaluate usefulness of immunohistochemical marker C-kit [CD117] in differentiating Adenoid cystic carcinoma [AdCC] from Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma [PLGA] in patients of salivary gland carcinomas. AdCC is a malignant salivary gland neoplasm with poor prognosis. PLGA is a salivary gland malignancy with indolent growth pattern. Differentiating between the two entities is a diagnostic challenge. We evaluated the role of C-kit in differentiating the two
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English
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Pak. J. Med. Sci.
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2017
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