Difference between revisions of "Head and neck cytopathology"

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| Pleomorphic adenoma
| [[Pleomorphic adenoma]]
| '''Fluffy fibromyxoid material & cells''' and single (plasmacytoid-like) '''myoepithelial cells'''  
| '''Fluffy fibromyxoid material & cells''' and single (plasmacytoid-like) '''myoepithelial cells'''  
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| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleomorphic_adenoma_-_cytology.jpg Pleomorphic adenoma (WC)]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleomorphic_adenoma_-_cytology.jpg Pleomorphic adenoma (WC)]
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| Warthin tumour (papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum)
| [[Warthin tumour]] (papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum)
| Sheets of uniformly spaced '''oncocytes''', lymphocytes, necrotic debris
| Sheets of uniformly spaced '''oncocytes''', lymphocytes, necrotic debris
| Oncocytes (abundant, granular, eosinophilic tinge), well-defined cell borders
| Oncocytes (abundant, granular, eosinophilic tinge), well-defined cell borders
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| Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
| [[Mucoepidermoid carcinoma]]
| Clumps of cells
| Clumps of cells
| '''Abundant whispy cytoplasm'''
| '''Abundant whispy cytoplasm'''
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| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mucoepidermoid_carcinoma_2_-_high_mag.jpg Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (WC)]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mucoepidermoid_carcinoma_2_-_high_mag.jpg Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (WC)]
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| Acinic cell carcinoma (AcCC)
| [[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]] (AdCC)
| '''Circular islands of abundant very small cells'''
| Scant cytoplasm
| Small nucleus - may have carrot shape
| AcCC
| Basement membrane material - PAS-D+ve<ref name=pmid62333>{{cite journal |author=Chen SY |title=Adenoid cystic carcinoma of minor salivary gland. Histochemical and electron microscopic studies of cystlike space |journal=Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=606–19 |year=1976 |month=November |pmid=62333 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenoid_cystic_carcinoma_cytology.jpg Adenoid cystic carcinoma (WC)]
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| [[Acinic cell carcinoma]] (AcCC)
| '''3-D clusters of small cells'''
| '''3-D clusters of small cells'''
| Abundant orangeophilic granular cytoplasm
| Abundant orangeophilic granular cytoplasm
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| AcCC missing lymphocytic background; irreg. spacing of cells
| AcCC missing lymphocytic background; irreg. spacing of cells
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acinic_cell_carcinoma.jpg Acinic cell carcinoma (WC)]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acinic_cell_carcinoma.jpg Acinic cell carcinoma (WC)]
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| Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC)
| '''Circular islands of abundant very small cells'''
| Scant cytoplasm
| Small nucleus - may have carrot shape
| AcCC
| Basement membrane material - PAS-D+ve<ref name=pmid62333>{{cite journal |author=Chen SY |title=Adenoid cystic carcinoma of minor salivary gland. Histochemical and electron microscopic studies of cystlike space |journal=Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=606–19 |year=1976 |month=November |pmid=62333 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenoid_cystic_carcinoma_cytology.jpg Adenoid cystic carcinoma (WC)]
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