Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Minor Salivary Gland of the Base of Tongue That Required Reconstructive Surgery
Figure 3
(a) The acinar cells have proliferated in sheet-form, and the tumor is classified as the solid-growth pattern (H&E stain, original magnification 100X). (b) An acinar cell (arrow) shows violet staining of the cytoplasm and an eccentrically positioned nucleus, while the cytoplasm of a vacuolated cell (arrowhead) is seen to be filled with vacuoles (H&E stain, original magnification 400X).
