PMC4792042_01
Intraoral anterior palatal swelling
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F1
A 48-year-old male presented with a rapidly enlarging swelling in the right anterior palatal mucosa measuring 5.6 cm x 4.5 cm with white coating, moderately painful, and bled upon touching [Figure 1].
(a) Sheet of atypical round tumor cells with vesicular nuclei (H and E, x10). (b) Tumor cell with cleaved nuclei (arrow head) and mitotic figure (arrow) (H and E, x40)
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F2
These atypical round tumor cells showed vesicular nuclei having cleaved appearance with the presence of 2 or more nucleoli [Figure 2].
Tumor cells positive for (a) CD30, membrane and cytoplasm (IHC, x10), (b) leukocyte common antigen, membrane (IHC, x10), (c) epithelial membrane antigen, membrane and cytoplasm (IHC, x10)
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F3
Tumor cells showed strong positivity with CD30 and LCA, and EMA positivity was seen only in 50% of tumor cells [Figure 3].