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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of stensen's duct: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Nunez Amberly L.,
Elgin John N.,
Fatima Huma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.23084
Subject(s) - medicine , alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma , rhabdomyosarcoma , fine needle aspiration , duct (anatomy) , biopsy , differential diagnosis , parotid gland , pathology , lesion , salivary gland , cytology , radiology , sarcoma
The cytologic features of an alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma arising within Stensen's duct of the parotid gland are described. These malignancies and sarcomas in general are not usually included in the differential diagnosis of a parotid lesion as they rarely present as primary parotid malignancies. In addition, these neoplasms are even rarer outside of the pediatric and adolescent populations. Due to the difficulty of this diagnosis, we present this case to increase awareness of the diagnosis in the salivary glands and to highlight the cytomorphologic features that can aid in the correct diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2014;42:1069–1074. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.