PMC5824518_01
A diffuse ill-defined movable bluish red swelling on right alveolar mucosa in the molar region
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F1
Palpation revealed tender, movable swelling, bluish red, 1 x 2 cm and soft to firm in consistency [Figure 1].
Orthopantograph revealed no significant bony changes
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F2
The patient was referred to the Department of Oral Pathology for FNAC and blood investigations [Figure 2].
Fine-needle aspiration cytology stained smear showed well-delineated, tightly cohesive clusters of basaloid cells surrounding mucoid, hyaline globules
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F3
Cytological smears wet fixed and stained with hematoxylin and eosin showed well-delineated, tightly cohesive clusters of basaloid cells surrounding mucoid and hyaline globules [Figure 3].
Photomicrograph revealed multiple pseudocystic spaces of variable sizes filled with eosinophilic material
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F4
Histopathological examination revealed multiple pseudocystic spaces of variable sizes with cuboidal cells demonstrating oval nuclei and scant cytoplasm surrounded with the eosinophilic material [Figure 4].