Salivary glands

Nonneoplastic tumors / tumor-like conditions

Nodular oncocytic hyperplasia



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Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D., Ph.D.
Cite this page: Handra-Luca A. Nodular oncocytic hyperplasia. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/salivaryglandsoncocytosis.html. Accessed December 24th, 2024.
Definition / general
  • Either parotid cysts lined by oncocytes or well defined clusters of oncocytes (mm to cm)
  • First reported by Schwartz (Cancer 1969;23:636)
  • Also called multinodular oncocytoma, multifocal adenomatous oncocytic hyperplasia
Clinical features
  • Benign, multifocal / nodular or diffuse proliferation of oncocytic cells, usually in parotid gland
  • May be bilateral
Case reports
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Either parotid cysts lined by oncocytes or well defined clusters of oncocytes (mm to cm)
  • Oncocytes (oxyphilic cells) are large ductal epithelial cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm
Microscopic (histologic) images

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Parotid gland specimen

Cytology description
  • Oncocytic cells
Cytology images

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Various images

Electron microscopy description
  • Numerous mitochondria
Differential diagnosis
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