A rare cytological diagnosis of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the parotid gland

Primary lymphoma of the parotid gland is relatively rare and constitutes about 4-5% of extranodal lymphomas. The majority of them is non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and is B cell in nature. We report a case of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the parotid gland in an elderly male. The case...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cytology 2016-04, Vol.33 (2), p.108-110
Hauptverfasser: Dey, Biswajit, Goyal, Vasudha, Bharti, Jyotsna, Mahajan, Nidhi, Jain, Shyama
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Zusammenfassung:Primary lymphoma of the parotid gland is relatively rare and constitutes about 4-5% of extranodal lymphomas. The majority of them is non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and is B cell in nature. We report a case of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the parotid gland in an elderly male. The case was diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the right parotid gland as high grade B-cell NHL and confirmed on histopathology as DLBCL. In correlation with the clinicoradiological findings, the case was diagnosed as primary parotid DLBCL. The case highlights the role of FNAC as a timely and useful diagnostic tool.
ISSN:0970-9371
0974-5165
DOI:10.4103/0970-9371.182539