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'''Oncocytoma of the salivary gland''' is a rare benign tumour of the [[salivary glands]].
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Parotid_gland_oncocytoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Salivary gland oncocytoma. [[H&E stain]]. (WC/Nephron)
| Synonyms  = salivary gland oncocytoma
| Micro      = abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm; architecture: solid, trabecular or duct-like
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[acinic cell carcinoma]], metastatic [[renal cell carcinoma]], oncocytic carcinoma
| Stains    =
| IHC        = p63 +ve
| EM        = increased numbers of mitochondria
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Staging    =
| Site      = [[salivary gland]]
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = very rare
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = benign
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = other salivary gland tumours
| Tx        =
}}
'''Oncocytoma of the salivary gland''' (also '''salivary gland oncocytoma''') is a rare benign tumour of the [[salivary glands]].


==General==
==General==
*No risk of malignant transformation.
*No risk of malignant transformation.
*Rare ~20 reported in literature.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Uzunkulaoğlu H, Yazici H, Can IH, Doğan S, Uzunkulaoğlu T |title=Bilateral oncocytoma in the parotid gland |journal=J Craniofac Surg |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=e246–7 |year=2012 |month=May |pmid=22627459 |doi=10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824dfccd |url=}}</ref>
*Rare ~20 reported in literature.<ref name=pmid22627459>{{cite journal |author=Uzunkulaoğlu H, Yazici H, Can IH, Doğan S, Uzunkulaoğlu T |title=Bilateral oncocytoma in the parotid gland |journal=J Craniofac Surg |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=e246–7 |year=2012 |month=May |pmid=22627459 |doi=10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824dfccd |url=}}</ref>
*Thought to be ~1% of all salivary gland tumours.
*Thought to be ~1% of all salivary gland tumours.
*Typical age: 60s-80s.
*Typical age: 60s-80s.
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Features:
Features:
*Like [[oncocytoma]]s elsewhere.  
*Like [[oncocytoma]]s elsewhere.  
**Eosinophilic cytoplasm (on [[H&E stain]]).
**Abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm (on [[H&E stain]]).
***Due to increased number of mitochrondria.
***Due to increased number of mitochrondria.
**Fine capillaries.
**Fine capillaries.
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DDx:
DDx:
*[[Acinic cell carcinoma]].
*[[Acinic cell carcinoma]].
*Metastatic [[renal cell carcinoma]] - esp. [[chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]].
*Oncocytic carcinoma.


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