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Case 15

View the following images and select the correct diagnosis from the list of differentials given below.

Non-Gyne Case 15 -- A mucoid mystery

          From the Cytopathology files of the BC Cancer Agency
          Submitted by: Brenda Smith, BSc and Tom Thomson, MD

FNAB of a 1.5 cm firm, painless parotid lesion, present for 10 years in a 45 year old man.











Select the correct diagnosis:

   A) Salivary duct cyst

   B) Warthin's tumour with mucoid stroma

   C) Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma

   D) Pleomorphic adenoma with mucoid stroma




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