Sarkaria Inderpal S, DeLair Deborah, Travis William D, Flores Raja M
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Mar 8;6:27. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-27.
Primary lung myoepithelial carcinomas are rare neoplasms arising from the salivary glands of the respiratory epithelium. Given the rare occurrences and reports of these tumors, appropriate recommendations for resection are difficult to formulate. Although classified as low-grade neoplasms, these tumors have a significant rate of recurrence and distant metastasis.