Three female patients, two presenting with bilateral parotid gland enlargement and one with bilateral submandibular gland enlargement, were subjected to jine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Smears showed noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas with or without giant cells and salivary gland acini
Unsuspected systemic amyloidosis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration of the salivary gland: Case report
β Scribed by Tamar Giorgadze; Zubair W. Baloch; Erica R. Thaler; Prabodh K. Gupta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20080
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