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Features ([[salivary gland]]):<ref name=pmid19323360/> | Features ([[salivary gland]]):<ref name=pmid19323360/> | ||
*Lymphocytic infiltration - '''key feature'''. | *Lymphocytic infiltration - '''key feature'''. | ||
**"Benign lymphoepithelial lesion"<ref name=pmid15956090> - intraepithelial lymphocytes. | |||
*Viable [[salivary gland]] or [[lacrimal gland]] acini. | *Viable [[salivary gland]] or [[lacrimal gland]] acini. | ||
*+/-[[Plasma cell]]s. | *+/-[[Plasma cell]]s. | ||
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Note: | Note: | ||
*Diagnosis is based on clinicopathologic correlation; the histology alone is insufficient. | *Diagnosis is based on clinicopathologic correlation; the histology alone is insufficient. | ||
*Perivascular lymphocytes ''not'' important. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||