Acinic cell carcinoma of parotid with predominant follicular pattern mimicking follicular neoplasm of thyroid.
Loading...
Date
2014-07
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Acinic Cell Carcinoma (ACC) was previously called acinic cell tumor and it is a neoplasm demonstrating cytological differentiation towards serous acinar cells. The histological architecture of ACC is diverse and classification consists of various histological subtypes. This is a case of acinic cell carcinoma of parotid gland in a 45 years female patient which showed predominant follicular variant of ACC. It is a least frequent variant of ACC occurring in only 5% and it mimics follicular neoplasm of thyroid.
Description
Keywords
Acinic cell carcinoma, Follicular variant, Recurrence
Citation
Lakshmi A Bhagya, Reddi Bhavani Rao, Begum Shaik Ayeesha, Devi P Urmila. Acinic cell carcinoma of parotid with predominant follicular pattern mimicking follicular neoplasm of thyroid. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2014 Jul-Sept; 2(3): 1217-1219.