title: Fine-needle aspiration cytology of basal cell adenoma of the parotid gland: characteristic cytological features and diagnostic pitfalls.
abstract: We retrospectively studied the cytological features of aspiration cytology in 12 cases of basal cell adenoma (BCA) and 5 cases mistakenly diagnosed as BCA. On macroscopic findings, the 12 cases of BCA included 7 cases of solid type and 5 cases of cystic type. The characteristic cytological features of solid type BCA were three-dimensional clusters in 71%, sharp-angle small clusters in 86%, basement membrane- like material in 71%, and cell crush in 86%. In contrast, 3 of the 5 cystic type BCA cases showed inadequate cellular components or no basaloid tumor cells, and the cytological diagnosis of BCA could not be determined. In the 5 cases misdiagnosed as BCA, there were 2 cases of pleomorphic adenoma, 2 cases of benign lymphoepithelial cyst, and 1 case of basal cell adenocarcinoma. Accurate differential cytological diagnosis of BCA is relatively easy to determine the solid type BCA, but is more difficult for cystic type BCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Japan. akihiko4@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kage
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies