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Intraparotid pseudoglandular schwannoma
Author(s) -
Ide F.,
Obara K.,
Mishima K.,
Saito I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2006.00413.x
Subject(s) - schwannoma , salivary gland , pathology , parotid gland , duct (anatomy) , anatomy , subtyping , medicine , computer science , programming language
A unique intraparotid location of a rare pseudoglandular schwannoma is described. Although the diagnosis of schwannoma could readily be substantiated, accurate subtyping was initially mislabeled. The pitfall was in failing to acknowledge the presence of multiple well‐formed gland‐like structures, which is instantly thought to be cystically dilated salivary ducts. Immunohistochemically, epithelial‐appearing cells lining the duct‐like spaces proved to be schwannian in nature. Interpretation of an immediately recognizable gland‐like architecture is more problematic when a pseudoglandular variant originates from a nerve coursing through the gland, as here.