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Resident's Page Abstract PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1 Jonathan R. Berman, MD, New Hyde Park, NYA 22-year-old man noted a rapidly enlarging submental mass for six weeks. The mass was not painful, or tender, or associated with fevers, chills, headaches, sore throats, arthralgias, anorexia, or fatigue. In addition, he denied having odynophagia, dysphagia, hoarseness, cough, and exposure to cats or other animals.On examination, he had a firm, nontender, mobile 3 × 2-cm mass in the submental triangle, not involving the mandible. Physical examination disclosed no other abnormalities.Believing the mass to be an enlarged lymph node, he had an excision of the mass. A representative histologic section is shown in Figs 1 through 3.What is your diagnosis? PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2 Melissa McBrien, MD; Thomas Victor, MD; Allan P. Wolff, MD, Evanston, IllA 4-year-old boy presented with a 1-cm slowly enlarging, nontender, subcutaneous mobile nodule anterior to the tragus References 1. Kapadia SB: Hematologic diseases: Malignant lymphoma, leukemias, plasma cell dyscrasias, histiocytosis X, and reactive lymph node lesions , in Barnes L (ed): Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck . New York, Marcel Dekker Inc, 1985, pp 1156-1158. 2. Frick J, Remington J: Current concepts in parasitology: Toxoplasmosis in the adult: An overview . N Engl J Med 1978;298:550-553.Crossref 3. Feldman H: Toxoplasmosis (concluded) . N Engl J Med 1968;279:1431-1437.Crossref 4. Elliot DL, Tolle SW, Goldberg L, et al: Pet-associated illness . N Engl J Med 1985; 313:985-995.Crossref 5. Rafaty FM: Cervical adenopathy secondary to toxoplasmosis . Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1977;103:547-549.Crossref 6. Theologides A, Kennedy BJ: Clinical manifestations of toxoplasmosis in the adult . Arch Intern Med 1966;117:536-540.Crossref 7. Beverly JK: A new look at infectious diseases: Toxoplasmosis . Br Med J 1973;2:475-478.Crossref 8. Argyle JC, Schumann GB, Kjeldsberg CR, et al: Identification of a Toxoplasma cyst by fine-needle aspiration . Am J Clin Pathol 1983;80:256-258. 9. Frenkel J: Symposium on parasitic infections: Toxoplasmosis . Pediatr Clin North Am 1985;32:917-932. 10. Schlech W, Carden GA: Fungal and parasitic granulomas of the head and neck . Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1982;15:493-513. 11. Malherbe A, Chenantois J: Noe sur l'epitheliome calcifie des glands sebaces . Prog Med 1880;8:826-828. 12. Brandner MD, Bunkes J: Pilomatrixoma presenting as a parotid mass . Plast Reconstr Surg 1986;78:518-521.Crossref 13. Lopansre S, Mihm MC: Pilomatrixoma carcinoma or calcifying epithelio-carcinoma of Malherbe . Cancer 1980;45:2368-2373Crossref 14. Krausen AS, Ansel DG, Mays BR: Pilomatrixoma masquerading as a parotid mass . Laryngoscope 1974;84:528-538.Crossref 15. Forbes R Jr, Helwig EB: Pilomatrixoma (calcifying epithelioma) . Arch Dermatol 1961; 83:606-618.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery American Medical Association

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Copyright © 1988 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0886-4470
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10.1001/archotol.1988.01860210108030
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Abstract PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1 Jonathan R. Berman, MD, New Hyde Park, NYA 22-year-old man noted a rapidly enlarging submental mass for six weeks. The mass was not painful, or tender, or associated with fevers, chills, headaches, sore throats, arthralgias, anorexia, or fatigue. In addition, he denied having odynophagia, dysphagia, hoarseness, cough, and exposure to cats or other animals.On examination, he had a firm, nontender, mobile 3 × 2-cm mass in the submental triangle, not involving the mandible. Physical examination disclosed no other abnormalities.Believing the mass to be an enlarged lymph node, he had an excision of the mass. A representative histologic section is shown in Figs 1 through 3.What is your diagnosis? PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2 Melissa McBrien, MD; Thomas Victor, MD; Allan P. Wolff, MD, Evanston, IllA 4-year-old boy presented with a 1-cm slowly enlarging, nontender, subcutaneous mobile nodule anterior to the tragus References 1. Kapadia SB: Hematologic diseases: Malignant lymphoma, leukemias, plasma cell dyscrasias, histiocytosis X, and reactive lymph node lesions , in Barnes L (ed): Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck . New York, Marcel Dekker Inc, 1985, pp 1156-1158. 2. Frick J, Remington J: Current concepts in parasitology: Toxoplasmosis in the adult: An overview . N Engl J Med 1978;298:550-553.Crossref 3. Feldman H: Toxoplasmosis (concluded) . N Engl J Med 1968;279:1431-1437.Crossref 4. Elliot DL, Tolle SW, Goldberg L, et al: Pet-associated illness . N Engl J Med 1985; 313:985-995.Crossref 5. Rafaty FM: Cervical adenopathy secondary to toxoplasmosis . Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1977;103:547-549.Crossref 6. Theologides A, Kennedy BJ: Clinical manifestations of toxoplasmosis in the adult . Arch Intern Med 1966;117:536-540.Crossref 7. Beverly JK: A new look at infectious diseases: Toxoplasmosis . Br Med J 1973;2:475-478.Crossref 8. Argyle JC, Schumann GB, Kjeldsberg CR, et al: Identification of a Toxoplasma cyst by fine-needle aspiration . Am J Clin Pathol 1983;80:256-258. 9. Frenkel J: Symposium on parasitic infections: Toxoplasmosis . Pediatr Clin North Am 1985;32:917-932. 10. Schlech W, Carden GA: Fungal and parasitic granulomas of the head and neck . Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1982;15:493-513. 11. Malherbe A, Chenantois J: Noe sur l'epitheliome calcifie des glands sebaces . Prog Med 1880;8:826-828. 12. Brandner MD, Bunkes J: Pilomatrixoma presenting as a parotid mass . Plast Reconstr Surg 1986;78:518-521.Crossref 13. Lopansre S, Mihm MC: Pilomatrixoma carcinoma or calcifying epithelio-carcinoma of Malherbe . Cancer 1980;45:2368-2373Crossref 14. Krausen AS, Ansel DG, Mays BR: Pilomatrixoma masquerading as a parotid mass . Laryngoscope 1974;84:528-538.Crossref 15. Forbes R Jr, Helwig EB: Pilomatrixoma (calcifying epithelioma) . Arch Dermatol 1961; 83:606-618.Crossref

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Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck SurgeryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 1988

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