Histopathologic grading of salivary gland neoplasms: II. Acinic cell carcinomas.
Batsakis JG, Luna MA, el-Naggar AK.
Dept of Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1990 Nov;99(11):929-33

Acinic cell carcinomas display varied cytoarchitectural patterns of growth that should allow for formulation of histopathologic grading. Grading of these carcinomas may serve to identify subsets whose biologic behavior is more aggressive than the usually accepted low-grade behavior of acinic cell carcinomas as a group. To that end, a three-level histopathologic grading scheme is presented.