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Many cell types of the salivary glands have clear cytoplasm. Causes of clear cytoplasmic quality in light microscopy are loss of organelles, storage of substances or fixation artefacts. Differential diagnosis of the different clear cell types requires special staining techniques, immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. A new and distinct salivary gland neoplasm is hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma, which was not included in the second edition of the WHO Classification of Salivary Gland Tumors. Analysis of the collected cases of the Salivary Gland Register Hamburg and recent reports in the literature reveal that this carcinoma shows low-grade malignancy with localization usually in the minor salivary glands. Most cases occur in women. The pathohistology is characterized by solid or trabecular formations of polygonal clear cells which are surrounded by a broad hyalinized desmoplastic connective tissue stroma. The clear cells are mucin negative and express cytokeratin and EMA, in some cases also CEA, but not S-100 protein, actin or other markers of myoepithelial cells. Ultrastructural findings are undifferentiated duct cells with only few organelles and inclusion of glycogen granules. The differential diagnosis includes other clear cell tumours, especially epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and the clear cell variants of myoepithelial carcinoma and acinic cell or mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
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PMID:[Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma of the salivary glands]. 865 Jan 36

Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) is a distinctive salivary gland neoplasm with a predilection for intraoral sites. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses were used to study a case involving the minor salivary glands of the buccal mucosa in a 68-year-old woman. Histologically, the tumor was characterized by unenca-psulated, progressing and focally-infiltrative borders and showed variable growth patterns including solid, tubular, microcystic and cribriform; papillary and papillary-cystic areas of more than focal extent were present. Cytologically the neoplasm was composed of uniform, round to cuboidal cells with bland, round to oval nuclei. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that the tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin, S-100 protein, vimentin, focally-positive for EMA and actin and negative for CEA. The significance of the papillary component and the possible relationship to other salivary gland tumors is discussed.
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PMID:Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the salivary glands: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of a case. 1216 49

Canalicular adenoma is an uncommon benign salivary gland neoplasm that has a marked predilection for occurrence in the upper lip. It is composed of columnar cells arranged in branching and interconnecting cords of single or double cell thick rows. This tumor has an excellent prognosis after conservative surgical treatment in all locations. In the present report we describe, using immunohistochemistry, the expression of cytokeratins (CK), S-100 protein and EMA in a canalicular adenoma that arose in the upper lip of a 55-year-old female. Cells of the canalicular adenoma showed an immunohistochemical profile that indicates an excretory duct origin: most of these cells positively expressed AE1/AE3 cytokeratins and S100 protein. A comparison of the immunohistochemical features of canalicular adenoma with other salivary gland neoplasms that share similar histological features is discussed.
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PMID:Immunohistochemical profile of canalicular adenoma of the upper lip: a case report. 1719 20