Salivary duct carcinoma of the parotid gland: the cytohistological features.

A 62-year-old man presented with rapidly growing tumour in the right parotid region with associated pain and facial nerve palsy. Based on the fine needle aspiration cytology report of high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma, parotidectomy was performed which showed features of salivary duct carcinoma. The smears were reviewed to identify the potential pitfalls in the cytological diagnosis of salivary duct carcinoma.

Sclerosing stromal tumour of the ovary--a clinicopathologic spectrum.

Majority of the Sclerosing stromal tumours of the ovary documented in the literature are single case reports. We report a series of 4 cases. Among the 4 cases encountered the mean age at presentation was 22.2 years. The clinical presentation varied from asymptomatic mass per abdomen (2 cases), menorrhagia (1 case) and amenorrhoea (1 case). The tumour was unilateral in all the cases with an average size of 10 cms. Grossly the appearances varied from a solid, partly cystic, edematous tumour (2 cases) to solid,firm tumour with yellow flecks (1 case) to unilocular cystic tumour (1 case). Microscopically, the tumour was characterized by cellular pseudolobules composed of a disorderly admixture of collagen-producing fibroblasts and lipid rich lutein cells with shrunken nuclei. In one case the lutein cells had a robust appearance with abundant cytoplasm and vesicular nuclei. The pseudolobules were very vascular and separated by hypocellular dense to oedematous fibrous tissue. Frozen section demonstrated fat in luteinized cells in 3 cases.

Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with osteosarcomatous differentiation--a case report.

A rare case of sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with predominantly osteosarcomatous differentiation occurring in a 36-year-old male is reported. Immunohistochemistry excluded the possibility of primary osteosarcoma of the kidney.