Korean J Cytopathol.  2001 Jun;12(1):49-52.

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Salivary Duct Carcinoma with Calcification in Submandibular Gland: A Case Report

• Yun KJ
• Han WC
• Jo HJ
• Lee KM

Abstract

Salivary duct carcinoma is an uncommon aggressive malignant epithelial neoplasm with similarity to intraductal carcinoma of the breast. This neoplasm occurs most often in the parotid gland of middle-aged and older males. About 7% of reported tumors occured in the submandibular gland. The report of salivary duct carcinoma with calcification is rare. We report a case of salivary duct carcinoma with calcification in the submandibular gland. The patient was a 73-year-old male with a mass of the right submandibular gland for 1 year. On the fine needle aspiration cytology, the aspirate showed scant cellularity, small clusters of tumor cells, and scattered small calcifications. Nuclei of the tumor cells showed mild pleomorphism and round to oval in shape, and cytoplasm was abundant and finely granular. Nucleoli were indistinct and necrosis was not noted. There were no cribriform or papillary arrangements of tumor cells. Cytologic findings of salivary duct carcinoma are variable depending on histologic findings, and calcifications could be an additional cytologic finding.

Keyword

Salivary duct carcinoma; Calcification; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Salivary gland

MeSH Terms

Aged
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Breast
Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Cytoplasm
Humans
Male
Necrosis
Parotid Gland
Salivary Ducts*
Salivary Glands
Submandibular Gland*