Clinical Study
A Cytohistologic Correlation of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Emphasizing the Rare Oncocytic Variant
Table 2
Key morphologic features observed in histology and FNA specimens.
| Cell type observed | % in Histology | % in FNA |
| Mucous (pseudogoblet) cells | (22/23) 96% | (21/23) 91% | Lymphocytes | (22/23) 96% | (18/23) 78% | Clear cells | (17/23) 74% | (17/23) 74% | Intermediate cells | (23/23) 100% | (19/23) 83% | Keratinized squamous cells | (11/23) 48% | (3/23) 13% | Oncocytes | (10/23) 43% | (5/23) 22% |
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