myoepithelial tumor
MONDO:0002380Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names myoepithelial tumor yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002380), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: myoepithelial tumor
- Also called
- myoepithelial neoplasmmyoepithelioma