Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall

A middle-aged female presented with a painless, slowly growing mass in the left parotid region; fine needle aspiration cytology from the mass showed uniform spindle cells in a fibrillary background with some cells showing palisading. A cytodiagnosis of schwannoma was given, which was further confirm...

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Main Authors:	Jenna B Bhattacharya, Meeta Singh, Shyam L Jain
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:	Journal of Cytology
Subjects:	Nerve sheath tumor parotid neurilemmoma salivary gland schwanomma
Online Access:	http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2017;volume=34;issue=4;spage=221;epage=223;aulast=Bhattacharya

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spelling	doaj-a5d956c922654b95a0a9b5db98aaae592020-11-25T01:26:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Cytology0970-93712017-01-0134422122310.4103/JOC.JOC_147_15Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfallJenna B BhattacharyaMeeta SinghShyam L JainA middle-aged female presented with a painless, slowly growing mass in the left parotid region; fine needle aspiration cytology from the mass showed uniform spindle cells in a fibrillary background with some cells showing palisading. A cytodiagnosis of schwannoma was given, which was further confirmed on biopsy.http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2017;volume=34;issue=4;spage=221;epage=223;aulast=BhattacharyaNerve sheath tumorparotid neurilemmomasalivary gland schwanomma
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spellingShingle	Jenna B Bhattacharya Meeta Singh Shyam L Jain Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall Journal of Cytology Nerve sheath tumor parotid neurilemmoma salivary gland schwanomma
author_facet	Jenna B Bhattacharya Meeta Singh Shyam L Jain
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title	Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall
title_short	Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall
title_full	Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall
title_fullStr	Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall
title_full_unstemmed	Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall
title_sort	intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: a diagnostic pitfall
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Journal of Cytology
issn	0970-9371
publishDate	2017-01-01
description	A middle-aged female presented with a painless, slowly growing mass in the left parotid region; fine needle aspiration cytology from the mass showed uniform spindle cells in a fibrillary background with some cells showing palisading. A cytodiagnosis of schwannoma was given, which was further confirmed on biopsy.
topic	Nerve sheath tumor parotid neurilemmoma salivary gland schwanomma
url	http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2017;volume=34;issue=4;spage=221;epage=223;aulast=Bhattacharya
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Intraparotid schwannoma masquerading as primary spindle cell tumour of parotid: A diagnostic pitfall

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