Table 3.
Pathological and surgical variables related to recurrence of pleomorphic adenoma (PA).
| Reference | Lack of capsulea (%) | Pseudopodiaa (%) | Satellite nodulesa (%) | Multi-centricitya (%) | Exposed capsulea (%) | Gross specimen damage (%) | Tumor puncturea (%) | Tumor spillagea (%) | Marginsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danovan and Conley (8) | 21 | 40 | 27 | ||||||
| Goudot et al. (79) | 4/14 | ||||||||
| Lam et al. (14) | 33 | 0 | 100 | 27 | |||||
| Natvig and Soberg (81) | 36 | 2/33 | |||||||
| Henriksson et al. (13) | 8/55 | 4/7 | 12/22 | ||||||
| Stennert et al. (18, 77) | 46/66 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| Webb and Eveson (19) | 12 | 0 | 81 | 5.5 | |||||
| Ghosh et al. (11) | 5/11 | 1.8%/18%b | |||||||
| Paris et al. (82) | 53/60 | 0 | |||||||
| Zbären and Stauffer (74) | 33 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 80 | ||||
| Orita et al. (83) | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Riad et al. (84) | 0 | 11/100 | 1/57 | 1.3/6 mmc | |||||
| Park et al. (75) | 58/70 | 53/60 | 10/60 | 4/30 | 4/30 | 11%/50% |
aIncidence of characteristic in non-recurrent PA/recurrent PA.
b>1/<1 mm.
cAverage margin in non-recurrent PA/recurrent PA.