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Epstein–Barr-positive lymphoepithelial carcinoma and epi-myoepithelial cell carcinoma of the parotid gland: a hitherto unreported example of hybrid tumour

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The authors are grateful to Prof. Vincenzo Eusebi, Università di Bologna, for helpful suggestions.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42100 , Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Simonetta Piana, Silvia Asioli & Alberto Cavazza

  2. Section of Anatomic Pathology “M. Malpighi”, University of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Stefania Damiani & Elisabetta Magrini

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Werter Barbieri

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Piana, S., Damiani, S., Asioli, S. et al. Epstein–Barr-positive lymphoepithelial carcinoma and epi-myoepithelial cell carcinoma of the parotid gland: a hitherto unreported example of hybrid tumour. Virchows Arch 445, 425–428 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-004-1075-4

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