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Rare parotid tumour presenting with facial nerve palsy diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Gochhait Debasis,
Kekade Shailesh,
Siddaraju Neelaiah,
Badhe Bhawana,
Alexender Arun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12847
Subject(s) - medicine , facial nerve palsy , fine needle aspiration cytology , facial nerve , palsy , parotid gland , lymphoma , surgery , cytology , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine
Rarely Lymphoma of the parotid gland can result in facial nerve palsy however these patients can be easily correctly diagnosed accurately categorized with the help of FNAC and cell block. This can help to avoid the unnecessary sacrifice of the facial nerve and surgical management.