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SALIVARY GLAND TUMORS; CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES


ACINIC CELL ADENOCARCINOMA


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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

  • Papillary-cystic and follicular type
  • Cystadenocarcinoma (lack of microcycstic and vacuolated cells)
  • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (presence of mucous cells)
  • Metastatic thyroid carcinoma (presence of thyroglobulin)
  • Polmorphous low-grade adencarcinoma (perineural invasion, homogeneous cell population, single cell infiltration at the periphery)
  • Clear cell type
  • Clear cell carcinoma (lack of glycogen, lack of serous differentiation)
  • Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (lack of glycogen)
  • Squamous cell carcinoma (lack of glycogen)
  • Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (lack of glycogen)