The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.64-68
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- 1996
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- 1017-0391(pISSN)
Cytologic Findings of Epithelial - Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland - A Cese Report -
타액선 상피-근상피세포암종의 세포학적 소견 - 1예 보고 -
- Nam, Eun-Sook (Department of Pathology, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University) ;
- Kang, Gu (Department of Pathology, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University) ;
- Shin, Hyung-Sik (Department of Pathology, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University)
- Published : 1996.06.29
Abstract
The report of aspiration cytologic findings of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma(EMC) in the salivary gland is extremely rare. We present a case of fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) from EMC in the right submandibular gland of a 46 years old male patient. Neck CT scan revealed a confined lesion in the submandibular gland without enlargement of the regional lymph node. FNAC from the tumor showed several three-dimensional cellular clusters with admixed normal acinar cells. They frequently formed blanching tubular structures composed of two type of cells; darker cells haying eosinophilic scanty cytoplasm with round dense nuclei and clear cells having abudant pale cytoplasm with vesicular nuclei at the periphery of clusters. The tumor cells of both types did not show pleomorphism or mitoses. The resected submandibular gland showed an ill-defined whitish firm tumor, measuring