An FNA pitfall: Mammary analog secretory carcinoma mistaken for acinic cell carcinoma due to cytoplasmic granules

• Asıl Yazarlar: Nouf Hijazi, MD (Yazar), Amir Rahemtulla, MD (Yazar), Chen Zhou, MD, PhD (Yazar), Thomas Thomson, MD (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Elsevier, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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In the salivary gland, a key differential feature of Mammary analog secretory carcinoma (MASC) from acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is the lack of cytoplasmic granules. We report a case of a parotid mass incorrectly diagnosed on fine needle aspirate as acinic cell carcinoma due to many cells with basoph...