HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY

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Head and Neck Preetha Chengot


Case 1

• PAROTID TUMOUR FEMALE 26yrs








• Circumscribed tumour • Solid sheets of large polygonal cells, abundant finely granular eosinophilic cytoplasm • Pools of extracellular mucin and colloid-like eosinophilic secretions, macro and microcystic spaces • Papillary areas • Plump polygonal cells, vesicular nuclei • Few mitoses • Scalloping and hobnail-like cell areas



• Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma


• t(12,15) translocation • Same as mesoblastic nephroma and infantile fibrosarcoma • S-100 positive • DD acinic cell ca, mucoepidermoid ca • Low grade • Males as well as females


• Prior to 2010 = acinic cell carcinoma


Case 2

• MALE, 56 YRS, DYSPHAGIA AND LUMP IN PHARYNX







Case 2 • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma • • • •

Low grade Epidermoid, clear and mucous cells Part solid, part cystic Lymphoid stroma


Case 2 • MEC grading – – – – –

Intracystic component <20% Neural invasion Necrosis >4 / 10 hpf Anaplasia


Case 3

• FEMALE, 21 YRS, LUMP IN FLOOR OF MOUTH






Case 3 • Pseudocyst lined by compressed rim of foamy macrophges

• Extravasation mucocele


Case 4 • FEMALE, 48 YRS, DYSPHAGIA, THICKENING OF PHARYNGEAL WALL ON IMAGING





Case 4 • Infiltrative tumour • Large polygonal cells with ++ granular cytoplasm • Eccentric bland nuclei

• Granular cell tumour




Case 5 • CYST ASSOCIATED WITH UNERUPTED LOWER WISDOM TOOTH, FEMALE 16 YRS







Case 5 • Largely uninflamed fibrous capsule • Non-specific squamous epithelial lining • No keratinisation • Location + histology = dentigerous cyst


Common odontogenic cysts / cystic tumours and differential diagnosis • Radicular cyst • Dentigerous cyst • Odontogenic keratocyst (Keratocystic odontogenic tumour WHO 2005) • Ameloblastoma





Case 6 • NASAL POLYP, MALE 28 YRS







Case 6 • Laminated mucin • Degenerate eosinophils • Charcot-Leyden crystals • Allergic fungal sinusitis


Case 7 • BLOCK FROM MAXILLECTOMY SPECIMEN, FEMALE 62 YRS







Case 7 • SCC and Grade I follicular type non Hodgkin B cell lymphoma


bcl-2


Case 8 • 46 YRS MALE, NASAL POLYPS AND DISCHARGE









Case 8 • Epithelial lesion in-keeping with inverted papilloma • Stromal inflammatory lesion – – – –

Granulomata Necrosis Vasculitis Background mixed inflammation including eosinophils


Case 8 • Differential diagnosis – Churg Strauss disease – Wegeners granulomatosis ( Granulomatosis with polyangitis)


Case 8 • • • • •

Wegener’s Polymorphous infiltrate Vasculitis Necrosis Isolated multinucleated giant cells • Poorly formed granulomas • Negative cultures / stains for microbes • C-ANCA

• Churg Strauss • Aka allergic granulomatosis and vasculitis • Multisystem disease also • Blood eosinophilia • Polymorphous infiltrate dominated by eosinophils • Granulomas • Vasculitis • Giant cells in vessel walls • Eosinophilic microabsesses • ANCA levels +/- (does not differentiate)


Case 9 • 38 YRS FEMALE, CYST ASSOCIATED WITH UNERUPTED WISDOM TOOTH







Case 9 • Basal cell palisading • Corrugated parakeratosis

• Focal inflammation – loss of above and “non-specific” features • Odontogenic keratocyst


Case 9 • WHO 2005 Keratocystic odontogenic tumour • Consistent loss of PTCH tumour suppressor gene • Tendency for recurrence


Case 10 • EXCISION OF TUMOUR TONGUE / FLOOR OF MOUTH, 66Y FEMALE







Mucosal melanoma • Diagnosis straightforward





Mucosal melanoma • Oral pigmented patches • Usually – – – –

Melanotic macules Smokers melanosis Amalgam tattoos Naevi rare



Case 11 • NUMBNESS OF FACE (DISTRIBUTION OF INFRAORBITAL NERVE) BIOPSY FROM INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA






Case 11 • Deposition of hyalinised eosinophilic material in stroma • Congo red • +++


Case 11 • Consider type • ? Assoc with plasma cell dyscrasia – Kappa and lambda check plasma cells at edge of lesion • Systemic investigations for AL ? Myeloma • AA / hereditary • IHC


Case 12 • LUMP IN PAROTID, MALE 55 YRS








Case 12 • Acinic cell carcinoma – Lymphoid stroma (also seen in mucoepidermoid)


Case 12 • Cell types – – – – –

Serous acinar Hobnail Vacuolated Non-specific glandular clear

• Architectural patterns – – – –

Solid Papillary cystic Microcystic follicular


Case 12 • High grade transformation a possibility


Case 13 • LUMP IN PAROTID, MALE 69 YRS






Case 13 • Warthin’s tumour • Multifocality and bilaterality sometimes a feature

• Association with smoking



Case 14 • LUMP IN NECK, FEMALE, 42 YRS







Case 14 • • • •

Nests of cells Vascular Large vessels in background Sustentacular cells

• Paraganglioma • “Carotid body tumour”


Case 14 • IHC – positive for neuroendocrine markers – Negative for cytokeratins – S-100 positive for sustentacular cells


Case 14 • 10% familial • Assoc with phaeochromocytoma / MEN

• Cellular pleomorphism not a feature of malignancy • Differential diagnosis includes metastatic medullary ca of thyroid


Case 15 • EPISTAXIS, NUMBNESS OF CHEEK AND PROPTOSIS, 60 YRS MALE







Case 15 • Small blue round cell tumours nasal cavity – – – – – – – – – –

Sinonasal undiff carcinoma (SNUC) Olfactory neuroblastoma Basaloid SCC Neuroendocrine (small cell) Rhabdo ES/PNET Lymphoma Melanoma Small cell osteosarcoma G3 adenoid cystic carcinoma


Case 15 • • • • • •

Cytokeratins (high and low mw) CD56, synaptophysin, chomogranin Melanoma markers CD45 (CD20, CD56, T markers) CD99 Skeletal muscle (desmin, MyoD1)


Case 15 • CK ++ • Everything else -

• SNUC


NUT midline carcinoma • t(15,19) • Poorly differentiated carcinomas of UADT, particularly sinonasal region • Genetically defined disease and therefore does not arise from one organ • Very poor prognosis – virtually all patients die of disease and usually within 1 year • Monomorphic clonal appearance +/- keratinisation


Case 16 • EPISTAXIS, BIOPSY OF MASS, UPPER PART OF NASAL CAVITY, MALE 16 YRS





CASE 16 • • • •

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma Only seen in males, almost all <25 Posteriolateral nasal cavity Hormonally driven – androgen receptor positive • FAP association


Case 17 • LARGE CYSTIC LESION POSTERIOR MANDIBLE, FEMALE 71 YRS






Case 17 • Ameloblastoma


Case 18 • PALATAL SWELLING, FEMALE 28 YRS










PLGA vs ACC In common • Tubular and cribriform architecture • Perineural invasion • Infiltrative growth • Lack of cytological atypia • Mucoid / hyaline stroma

Distinct features • Additional architectural patterns (PLGA) • Single cell population (PLGA) vs dual population (ACC) • Nuclei: pale, round,vesicular (PLGA); angular, hyperchromatic (ACC)



Back to back ducts / tubules form cribriform areas


Indian filing, hyaline stroma, pale, washed out nuclei


Targetoid perineural invasion


Nuclear features and cytological uniformity, mucoid stroma


Case 19 • MALE, WOODWORKER, 56Y, NASAL MASS, OBSTRUCTION AND BLEEDING





• CK7 focally positive • CK20 and CDX-2 strongly and diffusely positive • Intestinal type adenocarcinoma


ITAC • Hardwood dust, leather, nickel exposure • Well diff can resemble normal colonic mucosa • Infrequent lymph node metastasis • 5 year survival poor and correlates with grade


Case 20 • NASAL TUMOUR, MALE 34 YRS










Case 20 • Focal keratinisation • Small area of conventional SCC • Dysplasia • Basaloid SCC • ? NUT midline ca


Case 21 • CYST FROM APEX OF NON VITAL INCISOR TOOTH








Case 21 • Radicular cyst • Inflammation • Location • Epithelium


Case 22 • LYMPH NODE POST AURICULAR AREA, FEMALE 19 YRS







Case 22 • Triad – Follicular hyperplasia – Peri or intra follicular non-caseating granulomata – Seams of monocytoid B cells


Case 22 • Toxoplasmosis lymphadenitis


Case 23 • LYMPH NODE FROM NECK, 22 YRS FEMALE








Case 23 • Necrotising lymphadenitis • Karyorrhectic debris • Absence of neutrophils • Large blasts and histocytes at edge of necrotic areas


Case 23 • Kikuchi’s lymphadentitis


Case 24 • PAROTID SWELLING, MALE 55 YRS











Case 24 • Pleomorphic adenoma with ossification and atypia

• In situ carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma


Case 25 • PAROTID SWELLING, MALE 79 YRS







CD5


CD23


Cyclin D1


IHC • CD5, bcl-2, CD79a, CD23 positive • CD3, CD10 and cyclin D1 negative


Case 25 • Warthin’s tumour and small lymphocytic lymphoma ( CLL)


Case 26 • LUMP ON GUM, FEMALE 46 YRS






Case 26 • Peripheral ameloblastoma • Diff diagnosis – BCC – Minor salivary gland tumour


Case 27 • SUBMANDIBULAR SWELLING PRESENT FOR SOME TIME, SUDDENLY ENLARGED, MALE 49 YRS







Case 27 • Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma • Carcinoma often – High grade – Adenoca NOS – Can be any type of malignant sal gland tumour – hybrid


Case 28 • WHITE PATCH BUCCAL MUCOSA, SMOKER, MALE 39 YRS





Case 28 • “Interface” inflammatory pattern • Lichenoid mucositis – lichen planus or lichenoid reaction

• Drugs / dental materials esp amalgam


Case 29 • WHITE PATCH BUCCAL MUCOSA, SMOKER, MALE 57 YRS







Case 29 • Chronic hyperplastic candidosis • Test tube shaped / psoriasiform epithelial hyperplasia • Neutrophilic subcorneal microabscesses


Case 30 • 45 M, PREVIOUS MULTIPLE EXCISIONS OF NASAL TUMOUR, FURTHER RESECTION








Case 30 • Features of benign inverted papilloma predominantly • Small areas showing malignant transformation into SCC • Transformation rates 7% with increasing risk with recurrences


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