Table 1. Distribution according to FNAC (Milan system) diagnosis (N=60).
FNAC: fine-needle aspiration cytology.
| FNAC diagnosis | No. of patients | Percentage |
| Non-diagnostic (Category 1) | 2 | 3.33 |
| Inadequate | 2 | 3.33 |
| Non-neoplastic (Category 2) | 9 | 15.00 |
| Benign cystic lesion | 1 | 1.67 |
| Acute sialadenitis | 0 | 0 |
| Chronic sialadenitis | 7 | 11.67 |
| Sialadenosis | 1 | 1.67 |
| Atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) (Category 3) | 1 | 1.67 |
| Neoplastic: benign (Category 4a) | 28 | 46.67 |
| Basal cell adenoma | 2 | 3.33 |
| Oncocytic neoplasm | 1 | 1.66 |
| Pleomorphic adenoma | 22 | 36.6 |
| Warthin's tumor | 3 | 5.00 |
| Neoplastic: Salivary gland neoplasm of uncertain malignancy (Category 4b) | 2 | 3.33 |
| Suspicious of malignancy (Category 5) | 5 | 8.33 |
| Malignant (Category 6) | 13 | 21.67 |
| Acinic cell carcinoma | 2 | 3.33 |
| Adenoid cystic carcinoma | 5 | 8.33 |
| Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (incl. low grade and intermediate) | 6 | 10.00 |