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Salivary duct carcinoma of parotid gland

A 40-year old male presented with rapidly growing swelling in the right parotid region. Based on the fine needle aspiration cytology report of adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified, superficial parotidectomy was performed, which showed the features of salivary duct carcinoma by histopathological ex...

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Autores principales: Kinnera, Vijay Sreedhar Babu, Mandyam, Kumaraswamy Reddy, Chowhan, Amit Kumar, Nandyala, Rukmangadha, Bobbidi, Venkata Phaneendra, Vutukuru, Venkatarami Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887008
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.57676
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Sumario:A 40-year old male presented with rapidly growing swelling in the right parotid region. Based on the fine needle aspiration cytology report of adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified, superficial parotidectomy was performed, which showed the features of salivary duct carcinoma by histopathological examination. The smears were reviewed to identify the potential pitfalls in the cytological diagnosis of salivary duct carcinoma.