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Gradually progressive parotid swelling in a male

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Secretory carcinoma is a recently described salivary gland neoplasm that shares the same histologic appearance and ETV6 gene (12p13) rearrangement as secretory carcinoma of the breast.Establishing a definite diagnosis requires… Click to show full abstract

Secretory carcinoma is a recently described salivary gland neoplasm that shares the same histologic appearance and ETV6 gene (12p13) rearrangement as secretory carcinoma of the breast.Establishing a definite diagnosis requires microscopic examination and immunohistochemical confirmation. The major cytologic differential diagnoses include myoepithelioma, myoepithelial carcinoma andacinic cell carcinoma.We present a case of a middle-aged male with secretory carcinoma of the parotid diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and immunocytochemistry on cell-block.

Keywords: carcinoma; progressive parotid; gradually progressive; parotid; secretory carcinoma; parotid swelling

Journal Title: Cytopathology
Year Published: 2020

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