Schwannoma of the parotid gland: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration cytology

In this brief report, we have described a rare case of schwannoma of the parotid gland in a young female who presented to us with a 3 cm diameter parotid swelling. The fine-needle aspiration cytology showed small fascicles, clusters and discrete spindle-shaped cells with long wavy nuclei. The cytolo...

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Autores principales: Bhaker, Poonam, Chatterjee, Debajyoti, Gochhait, Debasis, Radotra, Bishan D, Dey, Pranab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25745284
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.151130
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Sumario:In this brief report, we have described a rare case of schwannoma of the parotid gland in a young female who presented to us with a 3 cm diameter parotid swelling. The fine-needle aspiration cytology showed small fascicles, clusters and discrete spindle-shaped cells with long wavy nuclei. The cytological diagnosis of schwannoma of the parotid gland was offered and later confirmed by excision and histopathology.

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