Sandbox:DDx HEENT: Difference between revisions

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Children and young adults

Recurrent fluctuating mass Bluish translucent color Located at the inner surface of the lower lip or floor of the mouth 1 mm to 3 cm

Granulation tissue surrounding mucin No epithelial lining Neutrophils and foamy histiocytes may be present

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-* 50 yo women
+Children and young adults
-* Involves minor salivary glands
-* Well circumscribed painless nodule in the palate, buccal mucosa, or floor of the mouth
+Recurrent fluctuating mass
-* Cystic cavities lined by cuboidal epithelial cells
+Bluish translucent color
-* Intraluminal projections
+Located at the inner surface of the lower lip or floor of the mouth
-* Serous, mucinous, or papillary histology
+mm to 3 cm
+Granulation tissue surrounding mucin
-* Benign cystic lesion
+No epithelial lining
-* Hypodense, small, rounded mass
+Neutrophils and foamy histiocytes may be present
-* Locate in the mouth floor
-* Tubular, cribriform, and solid growth pattern
-* Uniform serous cells with pleomorphic nuclei and  basophilic granular cytoplasms
-* Increased mitotic activity and foci of necrosis
-* Lymphoid stroma with inflammatory infiltrate
-* c-KIT mutation