Open AccessPlasmacytoid Myoepithelioma of the Hard Palate in a Child – A Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Padmaja R Kulkarni,
Anita P Javalgi,
Bhaswanth Pottipati,
Fazil Shajahan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13800.6583
Subject(s) - myoepithelioma , medicine , hard palate , salivary gland , differential diagnosis , soft palate , pathology , radiology , immunohistochemistry , surgery , myoepithelial cell
Myoepithelioma is a rare tumour accounting for 1-1.5% of salivary gland tumours, 21% of which occur in soft & hard palate. Cytologic features of these tumours are not well established leading to diagnostic pitfall in many cases on FNAC. However, as radiologic findings are overlapping and inconclusive in salivary gland tumours, preoperative cytologic diagnosis may help surgeons to plan surgery especially in patients requiring facial surgery. Here, we present a rare case of plasmacytoid myoepithelioma of the hard palate in an 11-year-old boy which was conclusively diagnosed on FNAC and further confirmed by histopathological and immunohistochemical studies. We have made an attempt to describe cytologic features of myoepithelioma with differential diagnosis of these tumours through review of literature.