Micrograph of Sebastián’s tumor. (Courtesy of Dr. Erin Rudzinksi)

MEC Publications

The following is a list of Myoepithelial Carcinoma (MEC) research publications, for patients and families who want to further your knowledge of this disease. These publications focus on MEC in children, MEC of soft tissue, and MEC involving an EWSR1 fusion. There are hundreds of other publications that can be found on the internet or on PubMed.gov, a free search engine hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Myoepithelial Carcinoma of Soft Tissue With an EWSR1-KLF15 Gene Fusion in an Infant (2021).

EWSR1-ATF1 Fusion in a Myoepithelial Carcinoma of Soft Tissue With Small Round Cell Morphology: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall (2021).

Parotid Myoepithelial Carcinoma in a Pediatric Patient with Multiple Recurrences: Case Report (2021).

A morphologic and molecular reappraisal of myoepithelial tumors of soft tissue, bone, and viscera with EWSR1 and FUS gene rearrangements (2020).

Aggressive myoepithelial carcinoma with EWSR1-POU5F1 fusion highly responsive to Ewing sarcoma combination chemotherapy (2020).

The First Reported Pediatric Case of Primary Myoepithelial Carcinoma Involving the Whole Lung: Surgical Radical Treatment and Prosthesis Implant (2020).

Pigmented (melanotic) myoepithelial tumor of soft tissue with EWSR1-KLF17 fusion (2020).

A rare case of an intracardiac myoepithelial carcinoma in an infant (2019).

EWSR1-PBX3 fused myoepithelioma arising in metatarsal bone: Case report and review of the literature (2019).

Malignant Ewing-like neoplasm with an EWSR1-KLF15 fusion: at the crossroads of a myoepithelial carcinoma and a Ewing-like sarcoma. A case report with treatment options (2018).

Expanding the spectrum of renal tumors in children: primary renal 376 Pediatric and Developmental Pathology 24(4) myoepithelial carcinomas with a novel EWSR1-KLF15 fusion (2016).

Soft Tissue Myoepithelial Carcinoma in a Child: Case Report (2016).

Myoepithelial Carcinoma: The Role of Radiation Therapy. A Case Report and Analysis of Data From the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry (2016).

Myoepithelial Neoplasms of Soft Tissue: An Updated Review of the Clinicopathologic, Immunophenotypic, and Genetic Features (2015).

Myoepithelial carcinoma treatment in children: a report from the TREP project (2014).

Myoepithelial tumor of soft tissue: histology and genetics of an evolving entity (2014).

Frequent PLAG1 gene rearrangements in skin and soft tissue myoepithelioma with ductal differentiation (2013).

NR4A3 rearrangement reliably distinguishes between the clinicopathologically overlapping entities myoepithelial carcinoma of soft tissue and cellular extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (2012).

Histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular spectrum of myoepithelial tumors of soft tissues (2012).

EWSR1 gene rearrangement occurs in a subset of cutaneous myoepithelial tumors: a study of 18 cases (2011).

EWSR1- POU5F1 fusion in soft tissue myoepithelial tumors. A molecular analysis of sixty-six cases, including soft tissue, bone, and visceral lesions, showing common involvement of the EWSR1 gene (2010).

Myoepithelial carcinoma of soft tissue in children: an aggressive neoplasm analyzed in a series of 29 cases (2007).

Malignant myoepithelioma (myoepithelial carcinoma) of soft tissue (2005).

Cytogenetics of a soft tissue malignant myoepithelioma (2004).

Myoepithelial tumors of soft tissue: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 101 cases with evaluation of prognostic parameters (2003).

Mixed tumors and myoepitheliomas of soft tissue: a clinicopathologic study of 19 cases with a unifying concept (1997).