Open AccessA rare cytological diagnosis of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the parotid gland
Author(s) -
Biswajit Dey,
Vasudha Goyal,
Jyotsresh Bharti,
Nidhi Mahajan,
Shyama Jain
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.182539
Subject(s) - medicine , parotid gland , histopathology , lymphoma , pathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , diffuse large b cell lymphoma , cytology , radiology
Primary lymphoma of the parotid gland is relatively rare and constitutes about 4-5% of extranodal lymphomas. The majority of them is non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and is B cell in nature. We report a case of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the parotid gland in an elderly male. The case was diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the right parotid gland as high grade B-cell NHL and confirmed on histopathology as DLBCL. In correlation with the clinicoradiological findings, the case was diagnosed as primary parotid DLBCL. The case highlights the role of FNAC as a timely and useful diagnostic tool.