Open AccessDiscordance between fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland
Author(s) -
Haissan Iftikhar,
Sohail Awan M,
Munyati Usman,
Adeel Khoja,
Wahab Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2020.0022
Subject(s) - mucoepidermoid carcinoma , histopathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , medicine , cytology , carcinoma , pathology , radiology
Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an important diagnostic tool used preoperatively for the diagnosis of parotid lump. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma comprises 5-10% of all salivary gland tumours. It poses a diagnostic challenge on FNAC with high false negative rate. The objective of this study was to evaluate the discordance between cytology/FNAC and histopathology in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma.