Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor

Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor (ECT) is a benign intraoral tumor with presumed origin from undifferentiated (ecto)mesenchymal cells.[1] There are some who think it is a myoepithelial tumor type.[2]

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  2. ^ Woo VL, Angiero F, Fantasia JE (May 2005). "Myoepithelioma of the tongue". Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 99 (5): 581–9. doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.12.016. PMID 15829881.