Journal of Cytology & Histology

Iván Fernández-Vega

Publications

• Case Report
  Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma of Parotid Gland: A Cytological Challenge with Histological Correlation
  Author(s): Iván Fernández-Vega, Nelson Fuentes-Martínez, Guillermo E Mendoza, Jorge Santos-Juanes and Florentino Fresno-ForcelledoIván Fernández-Vega, Nelson Fuentes-Martínez, Guillermo E Mendoza, Jorge Santos-Juanes and Florentino Fresno-Forcelledo
  
  Background: Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma (EMC) is a rare type of malignant tumor of salivary gland accounting for less than 1.5% of all salivary neoplasms. Differential diagnosis of this tumor is complicated, especially by cytological examinations. Case: We present the case of an 86-year-old female who presented clinically with a bulky lesion behind her right ear. Fine needle aspiration cytology with immunocytochemistry has been performed and the patient was diagnosed with a biphasic neoplasm, epithelial-myoepithelial, highly suggestive of EMC. She underwent a wide surgical excision and diagnostic was confirmed by histological examinations, which showed a tumor composed of ducts with double cell lining surrounded by a basement membrane in a sclerotic stroma. Immunohistochemistry was carried on to highlight the biphasic cell pattern. The patient is free of disease after 20 months.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7099.1000156

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