JOURNAL CLUB: The Warthin Tumor Score: A Simple and Reliable Method to Distinguish Warthin Tumors From Pleomorphic Adenomas and Carcinomas

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to propose a Warthin tumor (WT) score to distinguish WTs from other parotid tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ) of tumors, patient age, and patient sex, was used to predict WTs. The diagnostic performance of the WT score was evaluated using ROC analyses. Statistical significance was denoted by p < 0.05. RESULTS: /s (WT score, 1), patient age older than 49 years (WT score, 1), and male sex (WT score, 1), a WT score greater than 2 had a sensitivity, specificity, positive negative value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 85.7%, 100.0%, 100.0%, 89.3%, and 93.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The WT score allows parotid WTs to be distinguished from PMAs and carcinomas with high accuracy.