Osteoclast-Like Giant Cell Tumors with a Carcinomatous Component of Parotid Gland.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2013.56.6.369
- Author:
Sang Ha LEE
1
;
Hyun Seok SHIM
;
Jin Pyeong KIM
;
Seung Hoon WOO
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. lesaby@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Giant cell tumor;
Osteoclast;
Parotid gland
- MeSH:
Giant Cell Tumors;
Giant Cells;
Osteoclasts;
Parotid Gland;
Salivary Glands
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2013;56(6):369-372
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The giant cell tumor of the salivary gland is very rare. A 57-year-old man had noticed a mass in the right parotid area for several weeks. The diagnosis using aspiration cytology was a giant cell tumor possibly with a carcinomatous component. Parotidectomy was carried out. Histologically, the tumor consisted of evenly distributed osteoclast-like giant cells, mononuclear cells and two small foci of a carcinomatous component. Because so little is known about giant cell tumor of the salivary gland, we used the occasion of this case report to describe the cytologic, histologic and immunohistochemical characteristics that we observed.
