September 2023 – Presented by Dr. Jiejun Wu (Mentored by Dr. Chihong Heidi Zhou)
The patient is a 70-year-old male with history of papillary thyroid carcinoma with metastatic left level 4 lymph node and treated with bilateral thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection. The current parotid ultrasound reveals bilateral numerous intraparotid masses with unclear fatty hilum, all around 1 cm or less. Parotid fine needle aspiration (FNA) is performed with the following findings (Fig. 1):
Figure 1. FNA of parotid. Representative findings are shown. Left, pap stain, 40x. Right, insets from left, 200x.
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