Advanced Clinical Usefulness of Ultrasonography for Diseases in Oral and Maxillofacial Regions
Figure 4
(a) View of ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy including cutting-needle biopsy of the left masseter muscle in a 53-year-old woman with neurilemoma using the newly developed Monopty biopsy instrument. (b) An ultrasound image showing successful centesis (arrowhead) of the needle into the mass suspected to be a neurilemoma. (c) Antoni type A areas showing nuclear palisading (arrows) on the specimen. The specimen was diagnosed as a neurilemoma.
