Difference between revisions of "Head and neck cytopathology"
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==Crystals in salivary gland specimens== | ==Crystals in salivary gland specimens== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Uncommon.<ref name=pmid33296146>{{cite journal |authors=Sun T, Faquin WC, Torous VF |title=Crystalloids in FNA specimens of salivary gland lesions: A retrospective study in a single large institute |journal=Cancer Cytopathol |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=432–438 |date=June 2021 |pmid=33296146 |doi=10.1002/cncy.22395 |url=}}</ref> | *Uncommon in general. | ||
**Typical location is: parotid (>85% salivary gland specimens with crystals<ref name=pmid33296146>{{cite journal |authors=Sun T, Faquin WC, Torous VF |title=Crystalloids in FNA specimens of salivary gland lesions: A retrospective study in a single large institute |journal=Cancer Cytopathol |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=432–438 |date=June 2021 |pmid=33296146 |doi=10.1002/cncy.22395 |url=}}</ref>). | |||
*May be seen in the context of any diagnostic category (non-diagnostic, benign, neoplastic, malignant). | |||
**Approximately 40% of cases with crystals are benign or non-diagnositic.<ref name=pmid33296146/> | |||
**Approximately 10% of cases with crystals are suspicious or malignant.<ref name=pmid33296146/> | |||
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