The Milan System, from Its Introduction to Its Current Adoption in the Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Cytology

Salivary gland masses are often encountered in the everyday practice of cytopathology. It is commonly known that cytologic interpretation these lesions can pose diagnostic problems due to overlapping cytomorphologic features. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) salivary shows good excellent sensitivity and specificity differentiating a neoplastic from non-neoplastic process diagnosing common tumors such as pleomorphic adenoma. However, its value limited specific entities especially those with well-differentiated morphology. In light this gap, an international group pathologists has proposed management-oriented, tiered classification for reporting FNA specimens, “The Milan System Reporting Gland Cytopathology (MSRSGC)”. Similar other systems, MSRSGC scheme comprises six categories, which were linked risk malignancy (ROM) management. review article, author evaluated published literature on adoption system since introduction daily