Co-Existence of Acinic Cell Carcinoma - Papillary Cystic Variant and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis - Report of A Case with Brief Review.
Tuberculosis (TB) and cancer are two lethal diseases causing significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India. Co-existence of these two disease lead to diagnostic dielemma among the clinicians. Overlapping clinical manifestations lead to delay in diagnosis. We report a case of acinic cell carcinoma -papillary cystic variant of the salivary gland and extra pulmonary tuberculosis in a young female. We emphasize the importance of the awareness of the co-existence of these two diseases and the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the initial diagnosis.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India .
Krishnappa
K
Amita
Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India .
Shivshankar
S
Vijayshankar
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India .
Manchaiah
M
Sanjay
Cytology; Fine needle aspiration