Difference between revisions of "An introduction to head and neck pathology"

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==Olfactory neuroblastoma==
==Olfactory neuroblastoma==
:See also: ''[[neuroblastoma]]''.
===General===
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''esthesioneuroblastoma''.
*[[AKA]] ''esthesioneuroblastoma''.
*Prognosis: poor. (???)
*Prognosis: poor.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*[[Small round cell tumour|Small round (blue) cell tumour]].
*[[Small round cell tumour|Small round (blue) cell tumour]].
DDx:
*Lymphoma.
*Small cell carcinoma.
*Other [[small round cell tumours]].
*Basaloid squamous carcinoma. (???)
===IHC===
*S100:
**Sustentacular cells +ve.
**Small round cells -ve.
*Neuroendocrine markers +ve (CD56, synaptophysin).
Others:
*CD45 -ve (r/o [[lymphoma]]).
*AE1/AE3 -ve (r/o carcinoma).


==Craniopharyngioma==
==Craniopharyngioma==
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