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"Atypical" salivary gland fine needle aspiration: Risk of malignancy and interinstitutional variability.

He WangAatika MalikZahra MalekiEsther Diana RossiBo PingAshish ChandraSyed Z AliGuido FaddaJindong WangSeyedeh Elham ArabHuaqing ZhaoNirag Jhala
Published in: Diagnostic cytopathology (2017)
More than half of the subset of "atypical" salivary gland FNAs with histological resection turned out to be malignant tumors; another one-fourth were benign neoplasms. Further, the highly variable ROMs of the "atypical" category amongst different institutions likely reflect the variable practices at each individual institution.
Keyphrases
  • fine needle aspiration
  • ultrasound guided
  • primary care
  • healthcare