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SALIVARY GLAND TUMORS; CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES


ONCOCYTOMA


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ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES

  • Numerous mitochondria varying in shape (stain with PTAH)
  • Desmosomes
  • Glandular lumen, microvilli and tight junctions (focal)
  • Round nuclei
  • Dispersed chromatin
  • Prominent nucleoli
  • IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL FEATURES

  • Oncocytoma
  • Oncocytic metaplasia in canalicular adenoma
  • Diffuse oncocytosis in old ages
  • Nodular oncocytic hyperplasia
  • Warthin’s tumor
  • Oncocytic cystadenoma