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Head and Neck Heterotopia-Associated Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1765875
•Concept ID:
C5420283
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Head and Neck Accessory Tissue-Associated Carcinoma

Definition

A head and neck carcinoma arising from heterotopic tissue elements (i.e. histologically normal tissue of a particular type that is present at an abnormal anatomical site). (WHO 2017) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHead and Neck Heterotopia-Associated Carcinoma

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Diagnosis

Update from the 5th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors: The Neck and Lymph Nodes, Metastasis, and Melanocytic Tumors.
Hernandez-Prera JC
Head Neck Pathol 2022 Mar;16(1):110-122. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1007/s12105-022-01433-w. PMID: 35312983Free PMC Article

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