TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasmacytoid myoepithelioma
T2 - Diagnostic algorithm and a tailored therapeutic protocol for a geriatric individual
AU - Patel, Pratik N.
AU - Thennavan, Aatish
AU - Narayanaswamy, Venkadasalapathy
AU - Radhakrishnan, Raghu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Asian AOMS, ASOMP, JSOP, JSOMS, JSOM, and JAMI.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Plasmacytoid myoepithelioma (PM) is an exceedingly rare tumour, which often arises in the minor salivary glands. An 81-year-old male presenting with a massive growth occupying the entire palatal vault was operated by facial translocation approach. Histologically, a well-encapsulated tumour composed of numerous plasmacytoid myoepithelial cells arranged in an organoid pattern could be elicited. Diffuse immunoreactivity to pan-cytokeratin and glial fibrillar acidic protein pointed to a myoepithelial origin of the tumour, and low labelling index of Ki-67 indicated its benign nature. A conservative surgical procedure bearing in mind the age of the patient and ruling out other closely mimicking salivary gland tumours by immunohistochemistry highlights the importance of a tailored surgicopathological approach in geriatric patients to reduce post-operative morbidity.
AB - Plasmacytoid myoepithelioma (PM) is an exceedingly rare tumour, which often arises in the minor salivary glands. An 81-year-old male presenting with a massive growth occupying the entire palatal vault was operated by facial translocation approach. Histologically, a well-encapsulated tumour composed of numerous plasmacytoid myoepithelial cells arranged in an organoid pattern could be elicited. Diffuse immunoreactivity to pan-cytokeratin and glial fibrillar acidic protein pointed to a myoepithelial origin of the tumour, and low labelling index of Ki-67 indicated its benign nature. A conservative surgical procedure bearing in mind the age of the patient and ruling out other closely mimicking salivary gland tumours by immunohistochemistry highlights the importance of a tailored surgicopathological approach in geriatric patients to reduce post-operative morbidity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajoms.2015.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ajoms.2015.01.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940573435
SN - 2212-5558
VL - 27
SP - 737
EP - 740
JO - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology
JF - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology
IS - 5
ER -