Two cases of secretory carcinoma of the salivary gland in which the diagnosis proved difficult

Abstract

We report two cases of secretory carcinoma of the salivary glands. The first case was a male patient in his 40s papillary epithelial cell clusters with foamy cells and mucinous materials. The epithelial cells contained eosinophilic cytoplasm. The second patient was a female patient in her second decade with a right parotid gland tumor, in whom cytology revealed isolated or loosely coupled epithelial cells within a necrotic background. The epithelial cells contained granular cytoplasm. It should be noted that there are many characteristic cytological features of secretory carcinomas.