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==Overview==
==Overview==
===Benign tumours===
===Benign tumours===
'''Tabular form - adapted from Thompson<ref>HNP PP.295-319.</ref>'''
'''Tabular form - adapted from Thompson<ref>{{Ref HaNP|295-319}}</ref>'''
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===Malignant tumours===
===Malignant tumours===
'''Tabular form - adapted from Thompson<ref>HNP PP.325-357.</ref>'''
'''Tabular form - adapted from Thompson<ref>{{Ref HaNP|325-357}}</ref>'''
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| || '''Architecture''' || '''Morphology''' || '''Cell borders''' || '''Cytoplasm''' || '''Nucleus''' || '''DDx''' || '''Other'''
| || '''Architecture''' || '''Morphology''' || '''Cell borders''' || '''Cytoplasm''' || '''Nucleus''' || '''DDx''' || '''Other'''
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==Pleomorphic adenoma==
==Pleomorphic adenoma==
===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
Features:<ref>HANP P.295.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_HaNP295>{{Ref HaNP|295}}</ref>
*Very common - approx. 60% of parotid gland tumours
*Very common - approx. 60% of parotid gland tumours


===Histology===
===Histology===
Features:<ref>HANP P.295.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_HaNP295>{{Ref HaNP|295}}</ref>
*Proliferation of myoepithelium and epithelium in mesenchymal stroma.
*Proliferation of myoepithelium and epithelium in mesenchymal stroma.
*Mesenchymal stroma - key feature.
*Mesenchymal stroma - key feature.
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*Look for, i.e. rule-out, poorly differentiated carcinoma: ''carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma''.
*Look for, i.e. rule-out, poorly differentiated carcinoma: ''carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma''.


IHC: S-100+, SMA+, GFAP+.
IHC: S-100 +ve, SMA +ve, GFAP +ve.


==Basal cell adenoma==
==Basal cell adenoma==
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