Transmucosal Fine Needle Aspiration of Oral and Pharyngeal Lesions

Table 1

Patient Demographics and Pathological Diagnosis.

Case number	Age	Sex	Site	Cytologic diagnosis	Histologic diagnosis
1	38	M	Soft palate	Mixed microbial infection with necrosis	NA
2	51	M	Oropharynx	Abscess	Granulation tissue with acute and chronic inflammation
3	4	M	Cheek	Acute and chronic inflammation	Mixed microbial infection with necrosis
4	44	M	R mandibular	Marked; Acute inflammation and granulation tissue	NA
5	3	M	L cheek	CI, NEM	Chronic inflammation
6	23	F	L retropharyngeal	Benign squamous-lined cyst	Branchial cleft cyst
7	70	M	R maxillary sinus	NEM, c/w cyst	Chronic inflammation and fibrosis
8	15	M	Floor of mouth	NEM, c/w cyst	NA
9	24	M	Hard palate	NEM, c/w cyst	Nasopalatine cyst
10	35	M	Tonsil	Benign squamous cells	NA
11	50	F	L cheek	NEM	NSPC
12	42	F	R floor of mouth	NEM	NA
13	41	M	L cheek	NEM	NA
14	75	M	R parapharyngeal	Oncocytic lesion, c/w Warthin’s tumor	Warthin’s tumor
15	51	M	Midline hard palate	PA	PA
16	23	M	R parapharyngeal	PA	PA
17	61	F	R palate	PA	PA
18	58	M	R palate	Atypical squamous proliferation	PA with extensive squamous metaplasia
19	91	F	R cheek	SCC	Invasive SCC
20	44	F	L pharaynx	SCC	Invasive SCC
21	73	M	L hard palate	Adenoid cystic carcinoma	Adenoid cystic carcinoma
22	56	M	R upper palate	Poorly differentiated carcinoma	High-grade adenoid cystic carcinoma
23	43	F	L palate	Basaloid neoplasm	PLGA
24	48	F	L palate	Basaloid neoplasm	PLGA
25	63	F	R hard palate	c/w B cell lymphoma*	Follicular lymphoma
26	76	M	Larynx	c/w chondrosarcoma	Low-grade chondrosarcoma
27	62	F	L retropharyngeal	Metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma	Correlated with prior head and neck primary resection
28	60	M	R cheek	Metastatic adenocarcinoma	Correlated with prior head and neck primary resection

*Flow cytometry study performed. C/w: consistent with; L: left; NEM: No evidence of malignancy; NSPC: no significant pathologic changes; PA: pleomorphic adenoma; PLGA: polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma; R: right; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma. NA: no histologic followup available/case followed clinically.