Abstract
Salivary gland oncocytomas are very rare tumors with very few malignant cases reported in the literature. We describe a 77year-old man with an oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland. The tumour was found in the right parotid region with enlarged lymph nodes in the neck. FNA smears revealed tumor cells with round-to-oval, centrally or eccentrically located moderately pleomorphic nuclei with fine chromatin and prominent nucleoli. These cells contained abundant granular cytoplasm and welldefined cell borders. Microscopic examination of the resected tumor showed solid sheets, nests, islands and cords of oncocytic cells diffusely infiltrating the surrounding tissues. The cervical lymph nodes also showed metastatic deposits.
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