Low-grade cribriform cystadenocarcinoma of the parotid gland.
- Author:
Jose M. Carnate, Jr.
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Cribriform; Low-grade Cribriform Cystadenocarcinoma(lgccc)
- MeSH: Human; Male; Adult; Hyperplasia; Cysts; Parotid Gland; Cystadenocarcinoma; Necrosis
- From: Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2016;31(2):65-66
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: This is the case of a 44-year-old woman with a one-year history of a left pre-auricular mass. The surgical specimen is a 5 centimeter diameter tan-brown irregularly-shaped tissue whose cut surfaces are brown with cystic spaces. Microscopic sections show cystic and dilated ductal spaces lined by cells forming irregular, variably-sized secondary spaces. These spaces are arranged in a cribriform pattern that is reminiscent of breast ductal hyperplasia. (Figure 1) The ductal cells lining the spaces are small, multilayered, and generally bland. The superficial cells show apocrine-type cytoplasmic snouting. There is no significant nuclear atypia or mitotic activity noted. Necrosis is also absent. (Figure 2) Based on these features, we signed the case as a low-grade cribriform cyastadenocarcinoma (LGCCC).
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