Comparative analysis of the World Health Organization Reporting System for Head and Neck Cytopathology and the Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology.

ABSTRACT: A comparative analysis of the International Academy of Cytology-International Agency for Research on Cancer-World Health Organization Reporting System for Head and Neck Cytopathology (WHO) and the Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology (MSRSGC) was performed. A total of 2218 salivary gland fine-needle aspiration samples collected at the Institut Curie, Paris (1954-2022) were evaluated, with 1356 having histological follow-up. Samples were classified according to the MSRSGC (nondiagnostic [ND], nonneoplastic [NN], atypia of undetermined significance [AUS], benign neoplasm [BN], salivary gland neoplasm of uncertain malignant potential [SUMP], suspicious for malignancy [SM], and malignant [M]) and the WHO system (insufficient/inadequate/nondiagnostic, benign, atypical, neopla

SUBMITTER: Kowalewski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12377497 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature