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. 2023 Oct 20;15(10):e47383. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47383

Table 2. Distribution of cases according to cell block diagnosis (N=60).

Cell block diagnosis No. of patients Percentage
Non-diagnostic 5 8.33
Inadequate 5 8.33
Non-neoplastic 8 13.33
Sialadenosis 1 1.67
Chronic sialadenitis 7 11.67
Benign 27 45.00
Basal cell adenoma 1 1.67
Pleomorphic adenoma 21 35.00
Warthin’s tumor 3 5.00
Oncocytic neoplasm 1 1.67
Sialolipoma 1 1.67
Salivary gland neoplasm of uncertain malignant potential 0 0.00
Suspicious of malignancy 1 1.67
Malignant 19 31.67
Acinic cell carcinoma 2 3.33
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 6 10.00
Epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma 1 1.67
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 9 15.00
Salivary duct carcinoma 1 1.67