Table 2.

Preoperative FNA, intraoperative frozen section, and final histopathology details

Factors	Numbers (%)
Outside FNA diagnosis
Present	79 (24.3%)
Absent	246 (75.7%)
Change in diagnosis (after in-house FNA review)
Yes	16 (5.5%)
No	63 (19.7%)
Not applicable	246 (74.8%)
Preoperative FNA reported by (overall)
Head and neck pathologist	175 (53.8%)
Non-head and neck pathologist	150 (46.2%)
Preoperative FNA report (overall)
Benign	87 (26.8%)
Malignant	141 (43.4%)
Inconclusive	79 (24.3%)
Non-diagnostic	18 (5.5%)
Intraoperative frozen section (for primary diagnosis, including grade)
Done	131 (40.3%)
Not done	194 (59.7%)
Intraoperative frozen section report
Benign	49 (15.1%)
Malignant	56 (17.2%)
Inconclusive/no diagnosis given	26 (8%)
Intraoperative frozen section grading
Low	9 (2.8%)
Intermediate	2 (0.6%)
High	6 (1.8%)
Not reported	65 (20%)
Not applicable (benign)	49 (15.1%)
Intraoperative frozen reported by
Head and neck pathologist	38 (11.7%)
Non-head and neck pathologist	93 (28.6%)
Final histopathology report of primary
Pleomorphic adenoma	83 (25.5%)
Warthin’s tumour	18 (5.5%)
Other benign tumours	17 (5.2%)
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma	68 (20.9%)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma	28 (8.6%)
Adenocarcinoma	6 (1.8%)
Acinic cell carcinoma	14 (4.3%)
Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma	23 (7.1%)
Salivary duct carcinoma	18 (5.5%)
Squamous cell carcinoma	8 (2.5%)
Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma	9 (2.8%)
Myoepithelial carcinoma	12 (3.7%)
Epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma	5 (1.5%)
Lymphoma	4 (1.2%)
Lymphoepithelial carcinoma	5 (1.5%)
Other carcinoma	7 (2.1%)
Grade in final report
Low	39 (12%)
Intermediate	47 (14.5%)
High	73 (22.5%)
Not reported	47 (14.5%)
Not applicable	119 (36.6%)
Pathologist reporting final histopathology report
Head and neck pathologists	135 (41.5%)
Non-head and neck pathologists	190 (58.5%)