Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland. Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings.
A case of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the salivary gland in a 78-year-old patient is presented. Fine needle aspiration cytologic smears showed a moderate number of tumor cells arranged in three-dimensional, well-outlined clusters reminiscent of the ball-like structures of adenoid cystic carcinoma. The nuclei were small and monotonous, with finely granular chromatin and small nucleoli. A large number of cells showed abundant clear cytoplasm; however, in some of the clusters the cytoplasms were very scant, again mimicking adenoid cystic carcinoma. Fragments of pale homogeneous acellular material, isolated or surrounding the cellular clusters, were another conspicuous finding.
Carrillo
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Department of Pathology, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Poblet
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Rocamora
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Rodriguez-Peralto
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D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*