title: Infarction of acinic cell carcinoma in a patient infected with HIV: a complication of fine-needle aspiration cytology obscuring definitive diagnosis.
abstract: Infarction of salivary gland tumors has been reported following fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and, rarely, as a spontaneous event. Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) often have salivary gland lesions and FNAC plays a role in the preliminary investigation of such swellings. We report a case of a parotid swelling in a patient infected with HIV where infarction of acinic cell carcinoma following FNAC lead to difficulty in cytological evaluation of the subsequent aspirate.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D018267:Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*