Cytodiagnosis of submandibular sialadenitis with crystalloids mimicking metastasis |
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Authors: | S. R. Handrakala ulian A. Crasta hameem Shariff |
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Affiliation: | (1) St. John’s Medical College, 560034 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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Abstract: | Sialomrgaly of suhmandibultir gland, whether inflammatory or neoplastic can be clinically mistaken for lymphoid metastasis especially when encountered in an elderly patient. Other than the neoptastic lesions and usual inflammatory lesions rarely amylase crystalloids can evoke a granulomatous response and can result in sialomegaly. We report an interesting case which presented as a submandibular swelling and was clinically diagnosed as metastasis where the diagnosis of granulomatous response to crystalloids was made at FNAC. The aim of this report is to bring an awareness of the existence of such lesions and to highlight the role of FNAC in diagnosis of such lesions in order to avoid unnecessary surgeries. |
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Keywords: | Amylase crystalloids sialadenitis FNAC |
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