Co–Existence of Acinic Cell Carcinoma – Papillary Cystic Variant and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis – Report of A Case with Brief Review
Published: September 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6574
Krishnappa Amita, Shivshankar VijayShankar, Manchaiah Sanjay
1. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India.
2. Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Krishnappa Amita,
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences,
B.G. Nagara, Mandya District, Karnataka-571448, India.
E-mail : dramitay@rediffmail.com
Tuberculosis (TB) and cancer are two lethal diseases causing significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India. Co-existence of these two disease lead to diagnostic dielemma among the clinicians. Overlapping clinical manifestations lead to delay in diagnosis. We report a case of acinic cell carcinoma –papillary cystic variant of the salivary gland and extra pulmonary tuberculosis in a young female. We emphasize the importance of the awareness of the co-existence of these two diseases and the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the initial diagnosis.
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