Difference between revisions of "Pleomorphic adenoma"

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 ===Micro===
-The sections show a lesion with an epithelial component, on a background of a chondromyxoid stroma, with spindled (myoepithelial) cells. The lesion is encapsulated by a thin layer of fibrous tissue.  No nuclear atypia is apparent. Mitotic activity is not identified. Unremarkable parotid gland and lymph nodes are present.
+The sections show a lesion with spindled (myoepithelial) cells and an epithelial component, on a background of a chondromyxoid stroma. The lesion is encapsulated by a thin layer of fibrous tissue.  No nuclear atypia is apparent. Mitotic activity is not identified.
+Unremarkable parotid gland and lymph nodes are present.
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