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ArticleCase reports in pathology2016

Undifferentiated Malignant Neoplasm Involving Parotid and Thyroid: Sampling and PAX8 Cross-Reactivity Can Obscure the Diagnosis of Lymphoma.

Elizabeth W Hubbard, Laurentia Nodit, Stuart Van Meter

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  1. Primary thyroid lymphoma -- report of four cases and literature review.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2023
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Elizabeth W HubbardDepartment of Pathology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2358-5190
Laurentia NoditDepartment of Pathology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Stuart Van MeterDepartment of Pathology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA.

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Abstract

Poorly differentiated malignant neoplasia arising within the head and neck region may originate from diverse sources. We report a case of a cytologically undifferentiated malignant neoplasm clinically presenting as masses involving thyroid and parotid. Although PAX8 was immunoreactive and thus worrisome for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, the tumor was eventually proven to represent PAX5 positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma expressing cross-reactivity with polyclonal PAX8 antibody. Cross-reactivity between commercially available polyclonal PAX8 and PAX5 immunostains has been described in the literature but is not widely known, and it is a potential pitfall for making a misdiagnosis. This distinction can have importance in selection of subsequent clinical therapy and should be considered in choice of immunohistochemical stains for diagnostic purposes.

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