PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Morson, B. C. AU - Volkstädt, H. TI - Muco-epidermoid tumours of the anal canal AID - 10.1136/jcp.16.3.200 DP - 1963 May 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 200--205 VI - 16 IP - 3 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/16/3/200.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/16/3/200.full SO - J Clin Pathol1963 May 01; 16 AB - The pathology of 21 cases of muco-epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal is described. These tumours are defined as squamous or transitional cell carcinomas containing areas which secrete mucin of undoubted epithelial origin within the clumps of tumour cells. They are found in that part of the anal canal just above the dentate line where the epithelium is variable in type and represents an embryological transition between rectal and squamous mucous membrane. The histogenesis of these tumours is discussed and the opinion given that they arise from the surface epithelium of the upper anal canal rather than from the anal glands.