Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of a cystic pleomorphic adenoma with extensive adnexa-like differentiation: Differential diagnostic pitfall with mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-103

  Brachtel, Elena F ^a   Pilch, Ben Z ^a   Khettry, Urmila ^b   Zembowicz, Artur ^a   Faquin, William C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendageal; FNAB; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Pleomorphic adenoma; Squamous

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037309817     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10240     Document Type: Article

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