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Head and neck cytopathology (view source)
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*One should never sign-out a cytology specimen as: "brachial cleft cyst" or "thyroglossal duct cyst". | *One should never sign-out a cytology specimen as: "brachial cleft cyst" or "thyroglossal duct cyst". | ||
**The proper verbiage is "cystic squamous lesion". | **The proper verbiage is "cystic squamous lesion". | ||
===DDx=== | |||
Lateral: | |||
*Brachial cleft cyst. | |||
*Cystic hygroma. | |||
Medial: | |||
*Thyroglossal duct cyst. | |||
Both: | |||
*Epidermoid cyst. | |||
*Cystic squmaous cell carcinoma. | |||
==Squamous carcinoma== | ==Squamous carcinoma== | ||