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Malignant Myoepithelioma
Definition 1
An infiltrating malignant epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of atypical cells with myoepithelial differentiation. Representative examples include malignant breast myoepithelioma and salivary gland myoepithelial carcinoma. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A malignant neoplasm composed of myoepithelial cells. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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