Open AccessFine-needle aspiration cytology of salivary gland lesions: A revised classification based on “Milan system”—4years experience of tertiary care cancer center of South India
Author(s) -
Malathi Mukundapai,
Neelam Sharma,
Akkamahadevi Patil,
G Champaka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/joc.joc_68_18
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , cytology , atypia , histopathology , salivary gland , tertiary care , retrospective cohort study , cancer , radiology , cytopathology , pathology , general surgery
Fine-needle aspiration cytology plays role in preoperative diagnosis of any salivary gland mass lesions. Because of heterogeneity of salivary gland lesions and cytomorphology overlap, a uniform 6-tier Milan classification proposed which could be helpful in better communication of reports for patient's management.