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#redirect [[Salivary_glands#Warthin_tumour]]
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      =  Papillary_cystadenoma_lymphomatosum2.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Warthin tumour. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = papillae with a two rows of pink (eosinophilic) epithelial cells (with cuboidal basal cells and columnar luminal cells), fibrous capsule, cystic space filled with debris, lymphoid stroma
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = lymphoepithelial cyst.
| Stains    =
| IHC        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[salivary gland]] - parotid gland only
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx = strong association of smoking
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = good, benign
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = other [[salivary gland]] tumours
}}
'''Warthin tumour''' is a relative common benign tumour of the parotid gland. It is also known as '''papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum'''.
 
===General===
Epidemiology:
*May be multicentric ~ 15% of the time.
*May be bilateral ~10% of the time.
*Classically: male > female -- changing with more women smokers.
*Smokers.
*Old - usu. 60s, very rarely < 40 years old.
 
Notes:
*No malignant transformation.
*Not in submandibular gland.
*Not in sublingual gland.
*Not in children.
 
===Gross===
*Motor-oil like fluid.
*Cystic component larger in larger lesions.
**Small lesions may be solid.
 
Image:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/2510239905/in/photostream/ Warthin tumour (flickr.com)].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
* Papillae (nipple-shaped structures) with a two rows of pink (eosinophilic) epithelial cells (with cuboidal basal cells and columnar luminal cells) -- '''key feature'''.
* Fibrous capsule - pink & homogenous on [[H&E stain]].
* Cystic space filled with debris ''in situ'' (not [[necrosis]]).
* Lymphoid stroma.
 
Notes:
*+/-Squamous differentiation.
*+/-Goblet cell differentiation.
 
DDx:
*Lymphoepithelial cyst.
**Cyst within a lymph node.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Papillary_cystadenoma_lymphomatosum3.jpg | Warthin tumour - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Papillary_cystadenoma_lymphomatosum2.jpg | Warthin tumour - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Salivary glands]].
*[[Head and neck pathology]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Salivary glands]]
[[Category:Head and neck pathology]]
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