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. 2020 Nov 20;26(2):326–334. doi: 10.1007/s10147-020-01816-5

Table 4.

Cytopathological results for the Osaka Medical College (OMC) system for each final pathology

1-1 Inadequate 1-2 Cyst contents 2 Non-neoplastic 3 AUS 4-1 Benign: (histology confirmed) 4-2 Benign: (histology unconfirmed) 5 SUMP 6-1 Suspicious for malignancy 6-2 Malignant: (only) 6-3 Malignant: (grade confirmed) 6-4 Malignant: (histology/grade confirmed) Total
Malignant tumor
 Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 8 (6/2) 1 (1/0) 3 (2/1) 2 (1/1) 3 (3/0) 7 (4/3) 4 (3/1) 3 (1/2) 3 (1/2) 17 (4/13) 51
 Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma 2 (1/1) 4 (2/2) 3 (3/0) 3 (0/3) 1 (0/1) 6 (2/4) 4 (1/3) 6 (2/4) 29
 Adenoid cystic carcinoma 3 (2/1) 1 (1/0) 2 (2/0) 3 (3/0) 1 (1/0) 3 (0/3) 9 (8/1) 22
 Salivary duct carcinoma 1 1 1 8 7 18
 Secretory carcinoma 1 1 2 1 3 1 7 16
 Acinic cell carcinoma 1 1 2 1 1 6 12
 Basal cell adenocarcinoma 2 2 4 1 1 1 11
 Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma 5 2 3 1 11
 Squamous cell carcinoma 2 1 1 1 4 9
 Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified 1 1 1 3 6
 Myoepithelial carcinoma 1 2 1 4
Benign tumor
 Pleomorphic adenoma 40 3 7 3 515 16 12 2 3 1 3 605
 Warthin tumor 34 2 10 3 166 6 3 1 225
 Basal cell adenoma 11 21 11 3 1 47

The number in parentheses indicates each case by histological grade (low- or intermediate/high grade)

AUS atypia of undetermined significance, SUMP salivary gland neoplasm of uncertain malignant potential