Fine needle aspiration cytology of 247 salivary gland tumors in an Brazilian population: a 10 year retrospective study with cytohistological correlation

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. e92
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Salivary Gland Tumors ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

scholarly journals Efficacy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Tumors

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iacob Alina ◽  
Sin Anca ◽  
Mezei Tibor ◽  
Mocan Simona ◽  
Ormenisan Alina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Preoperative Evaluation ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Salivary Gland Tumors ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

AbstractIntroduction: Masses of the head and neck comprise a variety of benign and malignant tumors and tumor-like conditions, which may present diagnostic challenges to the surgeon and pathologist as well. Fine needle aspiration cytology is considered to be a valuable diagnostic tool used for preoperative evaluation of various masses in the head and neck region. However, its role is quite controversial for salivary gland tumour evaluation. This study was aimed to evaluate salivary gland fine-needle aspiration cytology for sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy in our medical center.Material and method: The present study included 58 patients with different salivary gland lesions who underwent preoperative fine-needle aspiration procedure followed by surgical procedure and histological examination. The cytological findings were compared with the final histological diagnosis and concordance assessed.Results: Of the 58 cases with salivary gland lesions, most of them involved parotid gland (72.41%), 91.38% were neoplasms and 8.62% were non-neoplastic lesions. Out of 53 neoplasms, 39 were benign and 14 were malignant salivary gland tumors. The sensitivity and a specificity of fine-needle aspiration cytology in differentiation malignancies from benign lesions was 100% and 97.73% respectively. In some situations cytological features could not provide correct tumor characterization.Conclusions: Fine-needle aspiration cytology is a simple and reliable technique for preoperative evaluation of salivary gland tumors with a high sensitivity diagnosis of malignant tumors, but a lower tumor type characterization. Due to the minimally invasive nature of the technique, fine-needle aspiration cytology offers valuable information for planning of subsequent therapeutic management.

Submandibular salivary gland tumors: a clinicopathologic review of 58 cases

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Marcin Jarosław Kubiak ◽  
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk ◽  
Aleksandra Oleśna ◽  
Alina Morawiec-Sztandera
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Submandibular Gland ◽  
Pleomorphic Adenoma ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Salivary Gland Tumors ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

Objectives: Salivary gland tumors account for only 3% of head and neck tumors. Their character is mostly benign, although tumors of the submandibular gland are more often malignant. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the structure of patients operated due to submandibular gland tumor and to study the correlation between fine-needle aspiration cytology and postoperative histopathological examination. Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of all patients with submandibular gland tumors. The collected data included the demographic structure, results of preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology and postoperative histopathologic examination. Results: We analyzed 58 patients – 35 women and 23 men with a mean age of 56.6 years. The character of the lesion was benign in 45 cases and malignant in 13. The most frequent benign tumors were pleomorphic adenoma, inflammatory tumor and Warthin’s tumor, whereas most common malignancies were carcinoma planoepitheliale and lymphoma . There were four recurrences. Moreover, we compared results of preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathological findings. The accuracy of this examination was almost 83%; 56% of incorrect results involved nondetection of malignancies. The sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of those tumors were 58.3% and 97.5%, respectively. Conclusions: The most common types of submandibular gland are pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma planoepitheliale and lymphoma amongst malignancies. Fine-needle aspiration cytology is accurate in the preoperative diagnosis, mistakes are mostly caused by underdiagnosis of malignant tumors.

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