Can a minor salivary gland tumor be malignant?
- Answered in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery My oral and maxillofacial surgeon suspected it could be a minor salivary gland tumor, so he removed the lesion with the salivary gland and sent it for a biopsy … View thread
Salivary Gland Tumors - Be Aware
- Published in Dental & Oral Health Tumors in the minor salivary glands are uncommon, but they can have a cancerous potential if they develop ... A different method of staging is used to categorize minor salivary gland tumors ... Introduction: Salivary gland tumors can be both non-cancerous (benign) and cancerous (malignant) and can affect any of the salivary glands ... The saliva produced by the salivary glands keeps the oral cavity moist, helps in digestion, and supports healthy teeth ... Mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma are the common types of salivary gland tumors … View thread
Canalicular Adenoma - An Overview
- Published in Dental & Oral Health A canalicular adenoma is a rare but diagnostically challenging benign tumor that affects the minor salivary glands ... Canalicular adenoma (CA) is unusual in many characteristics in comparison to other oral tumors because the tumor does not arise in the minor salivary glands it affects, but rather from the ductal tissues that form the glands with a canalicular structure histologically and hence the name ... Introduction: Canalicular adenoma is known to be a unique tumor of a benign (noncancerous) nature that affects the salivary glands and is distinctly separated from other adenomas or tumors according to the classification by the World Health Organization (WHO) … View thread
- Published in Dental & Oral Health In the case of minor salivary gland clear cell carcinomas, the Ck positivity is diffusely differentiating it from renal cell carcinomas ... These tumors can form anywhere within the oral cavity, the salivary glands, or even the jaw bone, but salivary clear cell carcinomas are the most common clear cell tumors ... Introduction: The oral cavity is a potential site for the development of benign and malignant, or metastatic tumors … View thread
Acinic Cell Carcinoma - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
- Published in Cancer It most commonly involves the minor salivary glands ... Introduction: Salivary gland cancer proliferates exponentially within thirteen to fifteen days ... These carcinomas are the most common malignant tumors seen in the salivary glands ... Acinic cell tumors are slow-growing tumors … View thread
Developmental Disturbances of Salivary Glands: A Compromised Oral Immunity
- Published in Dental & Oral Health The saliva is secreted by the major salivary glands, the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands, along with the smaller secretions from the minor salivary glands ... Such accessory gland anomalies are clinically significant because they may result in retention cysts, tumors, or malignant neoplasms of the salivary glands in the affected regions … View thread
- Published in Dental & Oral Health In these cases, it would be simple mucosal inflammation that involves the minor gland duct, resulting in the delegation, blockage, and eventual rupture of the duct with the spilling of the extravasation fluid ... To differentially help the dental surgeon diagnose these simple lesions as ranulas, it is pivotal for the dental surgeon to know the occurrence of the different lesions associated with salivary glands ... The parotid salivary gland remains a common site for developing both benign and malignant tumors (for example, pleomorphic adenomas are initially benign but can potentially become malignant if left untreated) … View thread
Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion
- Published in Immune Disorders Rarely associated with minor salivary glands, palatal swellings are usually neoplastic (cancer) ... There is swelling of one or more salivary and lacrimal glands ... Godwin published the first description of salivary gland lymphoepithelial tumors in 1952 ... In addition, there is decreased secretion from the glands, causing xerostomia (decreased salivation causing drying of mouth) and keratoconjunctivitis (dryness of conjunctiva causing dry eyes) ... It is associated with systemic conditions, including tuberculosis, leukemia, syphilis, Hodgkin's disease (a type of cancer that affects lymphatic system), lymphosarcoma (malignant tumor of lymphoid tissue), Sjogren’s syndrome (a disorder of lymphatic system that causes dry eyes and dry mouth), and systemic lupus erythematosus (a autoimmune disorder that affects skin, joints, kidneys, and blood vessels) … View thread
Jaw Cancer - Everything You Need to Know
- Published in Cancer Jaw cancer usually develops when oral cancer is located in the floor of the mouth, tongue, tonsils, minor and major salivary glands, or palate metastasize (spread) to the jaws causing jaw cancer ... Odontogenic tumors that develop in the jaw can be either malignant (cancerous) or benign and are called odontogenic tumors ... Malignant types of odontogenic tumors include Ameloblastic Carcinoma: An aggressive but rare tumor … View thread
Myoepithelial Tumors of Soft Tissue: Types and Treatment
- Published in Cancer They mainly affect minor and major salivary glands ... Mixed tumors or chondroid syringoma are similar to salivary gland tumors showing tuboductal differentiation ... In contrast, in salivary gland tumors, malignancies are diagnosed by architectural features like invasive growth, which is frequently associated with benign growth ... Introduction Myoepithelial tumors are mostly seen in soft tissues like skin ... Therefore, these tumors are mostly seen in body extremities like limb girdles, lower limbs, upper limbs, head and neck, and trunk region … View thread