Diagnosis of parotid lesions

(N) %

FNA diagnoses

Malignant lesions

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma low grade

Basal cell adenocarcinoma

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Acinic cell carcinoma

B-cell lymphoma

6

2 (33.3)

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

1 (16.7)

Benign lesions

Pleomorphic adenoma

Warthin’s tumor

Chronic sialadenitis

Myoepithelioma

47

27 (56.2)

18 (37.5)

1 (2.1)

1 (2.1)

Histopathology diagnoses

Malignant lesions

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma low grade

Diffuse B-cell lymphoma

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Basal cell adenocarcinoma

N %

5

2 (40.0)

1 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

Benign lesions

Pleomorphic adenoma

Warthin’s tumor

Cavernous hemangioma

Basal cell adenoma

52

35 (67.3)

14 (26.9)

2 (3.9)

1 (1.9)