Intraparotid Schwannoma Masquerading as Primary Spindle Cell Tumour of Parotid: A Diagnostic Pitfall

A middle-aged female presented with a painless, slowly growing mass in the left parotid region; fine needle aspiration cytology from the mass showed uniform spindle cells in a fibrillary background with some cells showing palisading. A cytodiagnosis of schwannoma was given, which was further confirm...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Jenna B., Singh, Meeta, Jain, Shyam L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118479
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JOC.JOC_147_15
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Sumario:A middle-aged female presented with a painless, slowly growing mass in the left parotid region; fine needle aspiration cytology from the mass showed uniform spindle cells in a fibrillary background with some cells showing palisading. A cytodiagnosis of schwannoma was given, which was further confirmed on biopsy.

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