SynthesisHead & neck2022
Cytologic diagnosis of parotid gland Warthin tumor: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinicopathological Analysis of Salivary Glands Warthin-like Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.Head and neck pathology · 2025Pooled it
- Cytologic diagnosis of parotid gland Warthin tumor: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Head & neck · 2022Pooled it
- Spontaneous Infarction of Benign Salivary Gland Tumors: A Series of 5 Cases.Diagnostic cytopathology · 2026Article
- The role of ultrasound texture analysis in the discrimination of pleomorphic adenoma and Warthin tumor in subjects with well-defined tumor borders.Gland surgery · 2026Article
- Characterizing Warthin-Like Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Clinicopathologic Features and MAML2 Rearrangements in 14 Latin American Cases.Head and neck pathology · 2026Article
- Extracapsular Enucleation Versus Partial Superficial Parotidectomy and Extracapsular Dissection in Warthin's Tumor: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Lipomatous Metaplasia in a Warthin Tumor: A Rare Histopathological Finding.Head and neck pathology · 2025Article
- Warthin's Tumour Diagnostic Outcome in the Milan System Era and Cytomorphological Pitfalls.Acta cytologica · 2025Article
- Nomogram combining dual-energy computed tomography features and radiomics for differentiating parotid warthin tumor from pleomorphic adenoma: a retrospective study.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- An ultrasound-based ensemble machine learning model for the preoperative classification of pleomorphic adenoma and Warthin tumor in the parotid gland.European radiology · 2024Article
- Parotid Gland Tumors: Molecular Diagnostic Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Clinical decision making when cytology indicates a Warthin tumor.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Surgical management of Warthin tumor: long-term follow-up of 224 patients from 2002 to 2018.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2024Article
- Review
- Performance of radiomics in the differential diagnosis of parotid tumors: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Parotid FNAC Diagnostic Utility and Its Role in Surgical Residency Training.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytopathology in Salivary Gland Tumors under Milan System: Challenges, Misdiagnosis Rates, and Clinical Recommendations.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Preoperative Diagnosis of Warthin Tumors Combining Cytological, Clinical and Ultrasonographic Information within a Multidisciplinary Approach in a Lump Clinic.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
It is important to define the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of Warthin tumor (WT). This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the accuracy of FNAC in the diagnosis of WT in the parotid gland and WT growth rate. For determination of FNAC accuracy, 17 studies, encompassing 1710 cases, were included. Pulled random model estimates of sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV were 93.7% (95%CI: 92.1, 95.3), 97.9% (95%CI: 97, 98.9), 93.3% (95%CI: 91.5, 95.1), and 97.4% (95%CI: 96.4, 98.4), respectively. FNAC is highly reliable for the diagnosis of WT of the parotid. The high PPV value suggests that patients with a cytological diagnosis of WT of the parotid may be assigned to active surveillance.
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