Baş ve boyun sitolojisi
Indications of Baş ve boyun sitolojisi
Sampling and preparation methods
Oral cavity
Cystic lesions
Anatomy and cytology of salivary glands
Tumor-like lesions of salivary glands
Benign salivary glands tumors
Malignant salivary glands tumors
Other lesions of salivary glands

Benign lymphoepithelial lesion

The smear looks like the one from a lymph node. The lesion is often cystic, in this case the aspirate is fluid. Acinic cells of the surrounding area and proliferative ductal cells are present. The epithelial cells may show osmotic changes: ill defined cytoplasm, larger nucleus which is pale stained. In case of follicular lymphoid proliferation the differentiation from malignant lymphoma may be difficult. The German literature calls it: autoimmune sialoadenitis – it is connected to or is part of the Sjögren Syndrome.

Benign lymphoepithelial lesion - histology
Benign lymphoepithelial lesion - cytology
Benign lymphoepithelial lesion - cytology

 

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