The cell with a thousand faces.

Myoepithelial cells are an important component of salivary gland tumors and are partly responsible from the diverse histology of them. In this study, we focus on the myoepithelial cell differentiation by using cytological morphology in a various types of salivary gland tumors especially with regard to their contribution to the diagnosis. [...] Myoepithelial cell components of various salivary gland tumors may be quite different and identification of myoepithelial cell types may pose difficulties. A confident cytologic identification of myoepithelial cells may be critical part of diagnosing salivary gland tumors.

Dall' abstract di Avcı A. et al. The cell with a thousand faces: Detection of myoepithelial cells and their contributions in the cytological diagnosis of salivary gland tumors.


Bibliografia:

Avcı A. et al, The cell with a thousand faces: Detection of myoepithelial cells and their contributions in the cytological diagnosis of salivary gland tumors. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Mar;40(3):220-7.

Vaso in avorio, Giappone (1880 ca)

E lui, che molto si dibatte e tenta

Guizzarvi delle man, fermo tenete.

Ei d’ogni belva che la terra pasce,

Vestirà le sembianze, e in acqua e in foco

Si cangerà di portentoso ardore;

E voi gli fate delle braccia nodi

Sempre più indissolubili e tenaci.

(Odissea, IV, vv 519-525)