Table 3.

Comparative analysis of the satellite nodule-specific histopathologic parameters in pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland and the parapharyngeal space in our study.

	Parotid Gland	Parapharyngeal Space	p
Number of satellite nodules/lesion (±SD)	1.32 (±0.6)	1 (±0.0)	0.247
Mean distance from the main lesion to the inner periphery of the most distant satellite nodule (mm) (±SD)	1.2 (±1.2)	0.7 (±0.5)	0.412
Mean size of the satellite nodules (mm) (±SD)	1.9 (±2.1)	1.7 (±1.1)	0.817
Mean distance from the main lesion to the outer periphery of the most distant satellite nodule (mm)	3.1 (±2.3)	2.4 (±1.4)	0.516