PMC2648632_01
Computed tomographic scan revealed a 6 cm heterogeneous mass of the parotid with
areas of adipose density.
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Computed tomographic scan revealed a 6 cm heterogeneous mass of the parotid with areas of adipose density (see Figure 1).
Tumor cells surrounded by parotid parenchyma.
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Microscopically, the tumor infiltrated extensively the parotid gland (see Figure 2).
High magnification of lipoblast showing hyperchromatic nuclei scalloped by
cytoplasmic vacuoles.
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It had a nodular growth pattern, and it consisted of a proliferation of mixture of uniform round to oval-shaped primitive nonlipogenic mesenchymal cells and small signet-ring lipoblasts without significant mitotic activity in a myxoid background and delicate plexiform capillary network (see Figure 3).