2020
DOI: 10.3892/mco.2020.2138
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Spontaneous infarction of pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland: A case report

Abstract: Infarction after the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) procedure is a well-recognized phenomenon of salivary gland lesions. Though extremely rare, spontaneous infarction without previous FNA can occur in pleomorphic adenoma (PA). The present report describes a fourth cytological case of spontaneous infarction of PA of the parotid gland using immunocytochemical analysis, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time. A 57-year-old Japanese female presented with persistent swelling of the right neck region. Physic… Show more

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“…31 From our literature review, out of the 8 aspirates containing squamous elements, two were initially diagnosed as MEC, one as SCC, one as malignant (with differentials between MEC and SCC), and three as suspicious for malignancy. 4,15,17,18,20,22,24 Trichoepitheliomatous differentiation was also reported in histologic sections of these three cases.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
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“…31 From our literature review, out of the 8 aspirates containing squamous elements, two were initially diagnosed as MEC, one as SCC, one as malignant (with differentials between MEC and SCC), and three as suspicious for malignancy. 4,15,17,18,20,22,24 Trichoepitheliomatous differentiation was also reported in histologic sections of these three cases.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 65%
“…Of the 22 included articles, aspiration cytology was reported in 11 of them. 4,9,[15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24] The complete list of case reports reviewed with tabulation of clinicopathological features and outcome are available in Table S1.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%