Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
2. Faculty of Medicine University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery University Hospital of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundFine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) represents an important diagnostic tool for the workup of salivary gland (SG) lesions. The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology (MSRSGC) is a six‐tiered system for standardizing diagnoses and improvement of communication between pathologists and clinicians, providing risk of malignancy (ROM) rates for every category. The aims of the present study were (i) to validate the use of MSRSGC in a large series of SG FNAC in a tertiary center in Switzerland, (ii) to determine ROM for each category and compare them with data from MSRSGC and similar studies, and (iii) to investigate whether there were relevant differences of non‐diagnostic results between fine‐needle aspirations (FNA) performed by cytopathologists compared to non‐cytopathologists.MethodsThe files of the department of Pathology in the University Hospital Zurich (UHZ) were searched for SG FNAC between 2010 and 2019. The MSRSGC guidelines were applied retrospectively. Furthermore, ROM, risk of neoplasia (RON), sensitivity, and specificity were calculated based on the cases with histopathological follow‐up.ResultsA total of 2156 SG FNAC including 753 cases with histopathological follow‐up were evaluated. Generally, ROM was within the range of values provided by MSRSGC, with some minor deviations. Sensitivity was 94.6%, and specificity was 99.3%.ConclusionsOur study confirms the usefulness of MSRSGC. In addition, it provides a detailed insight into the wide spectrum of SG FNAC. Finally, we showed that the rate of non‐diagnostic FNA was significantly lower in FNAs performed by cytopathologists compared to non‐cytopathologists.
Subject
Cancer Research,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Oncology
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