title: Nodular cervical induration in a violinist. Report of a case with fine needle aspiration cytologic findings.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nodular indurations due to repeat trauma have been previously described. These subcutaneous lesions have been reported as occupational disease in male cyclists ("accessory testicles").
  
  
  METHODS
  The cytologic findings from a case of nodular cervical induration in a 47-year-old violinist are reported. It consisted of a well-delimited, nodular lesion in the left submandibular soft parts. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) smears showed few spindle cells with no atypia and scarce adipocytes in a collagen background.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FNAC findings are important in the differential diagnosis of cervical nodules. In this case, the subcutaneous nodule was a violinist's occupational disease, for which we propose the term "violinist's nodule."
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital, 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carabias
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dhimes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Agustín
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000473:pathology*