TABLE 2.
Histological pattern of mixed tumours*
| Histological pattern |
Intensity of occurrence |
Total |
Percentage |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | ++ | +++ | |||
| Myoepithelial | 40 | 50 | 30 | 120 | 80.0 |
| Myxomatous | 14 | 20 | 30 | 064 | 42.3 |
| Pseudo cartilage | 20 | 48 | 22 | 090 | 60.0 |
| Chondroid | 03 | 05 | 01 | 009 | 06.0 |
| Osteoid | − | − | − | − | − |
| Stromal hyalinization | 06 | 07 | 02 | 015 | 10.0 |
| Adenoid cystic | 08 | 08 | 07 | 023 | 15.0 |
| Adenomatous | 02 | 04 | 02 | 008 | 05.0 |
| Fat deposition | 12 | 14 | 07 | 033 | 22.0 |
| Squamous metaplasia | 16 | 20 | 09 | 045 | 30.0 |
*
In order to assess the relative frequency of various structural patterns; each histological pattern present in the tumour was graded arbitrarily from + to +++, one plus indicating presence, two plus indicating conspicuous presence while three plus indicating prominence.