So-called myoepithelioma of the soft palate: report of a case

Pleomorphic adenoma is a common Tumor in salivary gland Sheldon has originally proposed the term “myoepithelioma” to the tumors exclusively composed of basket cells in his study on so-called mixed tumor. There are two types of tumor cells derived from myoepithelial cells. One type is hyaline (plasmacytoid) cell, other type is spindle cell. We have examined a case of so-called myoepithelioma exclusively composed of hyaline cells in soft palate of 57 year-old female. In this paper we described clinicopathological feature of so-called myoepithelioma.