Three Cases of Malignant Salivary Gland Tumor Possibly Derived from Minor Salivary Gland

Malignant salivary gland tumors

Salivary gland neoplasms are a heterogeneous and important group of tumors of the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. They comprise from 2 to 3% of all the salivary gland lesions and tumors1,2 because their heterogeneity, since several years, different classifications based in clinical or microscopic criteria had been appeared.3-7 The most recent and most widely used is that proposed by Seifert e...

Malignant Salivary Gland Tumours

PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) immunoreactivity is high in malignancy. (Also ki67 antibodies) and thus provides a useful diagnostic tool. Ki67 has prognostic significance in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. Bcl 2 and apoptotic index are good prognostic markers. Bax is proapoptotic (in salivary neoplasms there is decreased Bcl 2 and increased Bax leading to increased apoptosis ) Cytokeratin ...

On Minor Salivary Gland Secretion

Malignant minor salivary gland tumors of the larynx.

OBJECTIVE To report our experience in treating patients with malignant minor salivary gland tumors of the larynx. DESIGN Thirty-three-year retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral center specializing in head and neck surgery. PATIENTS Twelve patients with malignant minor salivary gland tumors of the larynx were identified from a search of the institutional databases and pathology re...

minor salivary gland tumor : a report findings of 25 caces

twenty five cases of minor saliva ry glands tumors which was observedat the department of pathology of university of tehran from 1967 to 1972 are presented and discussed . benign mixed tumor is the most common and the only benign lesion in this series of 75 patient with intraoral salivary gland tumor. there were eleven malignant type and hence about 44% of all the tumor arc malignant and it cor...