Open AccessFine needle aspiration cytology of minor salivary gland tumors
Author(s) -
Subrata Pal,
Sajeeb Mondal,
Kingshuk Bose,
Rajashree Pradhan,
Arindam Bandyapadhyay,
Debasis Bhattacharyya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.191055
Subject(s) - cytology , salivary gland , histopathology , gold standard (test) , medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , pathology , histology , diagnostic accuracy , minor salivary glands , radiology
Minor salivary gland tumors (MSGTs) are less common than major salivary glands and involve only 15-20% of all salivary gland tumors. Most of the cases originate at intra- and peri-oral region. Minor salivary gland lesion cytology has been studied rarely in India.