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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Cytopathol. 2022 Mar 4;130(6):423–432. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22564

TABLE 3.

Distribution of Sites of Origin for Metastatic Malignancies and Primary Tumor Diagnoses

Metastatic Malignancies No. (%) Primary Tumors No. (%)

Site of origin Benign 22 (59.5)
 Lung 83 (30.6)  Cortical adenoma 11 (29.7)
 GU tract (kidney, ureter, bladder, prostate, urethra, and testis) 44 (16.2)  Pheochromocytoma 4 (10.8)
 GI and hepatobiliary tract 25 (9.1)  Schwannoma 3 (8.1)
 Hematopoietic 16 (5.9)  Myelolipoma 2 (5.4)
 Melanoma 12 (4.4)  Ganglioneuroma 1 (2.7)
 Müllerian tract (ovary, fallopian tube, endometrium, and cervix) 7 (2.6)  Cavernous hemangioma 1 (2.7)
 Breast 4 (1.5) Malignant 15 (40.5)
 Other 3 (1.1)  Cortical carcinoma 12 (3.2)
 Metastatic carcinoma, not otherwise specified 77 (28.4)  Neuroblastoma 2 (5.4)
 Primary small blue round cell tumor 1 (2.7)

Abbreviations: GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary.