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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 22 |
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Know this field
G Sriram, TR Saraswathi, B Sivapathasundharam
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
G Sriram
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.42192
How to cite this article:
Sriram G, Saraswathi T R, Sivapathasundharam B. Know this field. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2008;12:22 |
Pleomorphic adenoma, by its name is known for its histological diversity. Some of the various histological patterns seen are represented as follows:
- Capsular invasion (Pseudo capsule). [Figure 1]
- Ductal structures surrounded by myoepithelial cells and with or without intraductal mucin production. [Figure 2] and [Figure 3]
- Myxoid areas with seperation of the stellate shaped myoepithelial cells [Figure 4]
- Areas of osseous [Figure 5], and cartilagenous differentiation [Figure 6]
- Sqamous differentiation with formation of keratin pearls [Figure 7]
- Interconnecting thin strands of myoepithelial cells [Figure 8]
- Highly cellular areas without ductal differentiation [Figure 9],[Figure 10]
- Interconnecting strands of myoepithelial cells with hyalinization mimicking neurilemmoma [Figure 11]
- Acantholytic areas [Figure 12]
[Figure 1], [Figure 2], [Figure 3], [Figure 4], [Figure 5], [Figure 6], [Figure 7], [Figure 8], [Figure 9], [Figure 10], [Figure 11], [Figure 12]
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