Background and aims. Various morphologies are seen in different salivary gland tumorsor within an individual tumor, and the lesions show divers biological behaviors. Experimental results support the hypothesis that increased CrkII proto-oncogene is associated with cytokine-induced tumor initiation and progression by altering cell motility signaling pathway. The aim of this study was to assess t...

Malignant mixed tumors of salivary gland are extremely rare tumors defined by the presence of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal components together. We report here a case of carcinosarcoma arising from a recurrent pleomorphic adenoma of submandibular salivary gland in a 36 year old woman. Histology showed a monomorphic picture dominated by malignant mesenchymal component with mixed nature pr...

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 su...

BACKGROUND The present study is aimed to assess the usefulness of silver nitrate staining of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) as a quantitative criterion for the diagnosis of selected head and neck tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The silver nitrate staining technique was used on 195 paraffin blocks collected from 85 patients. The samples consisted of 21 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of larynx...

The clinical evaluation of salivary gland tumors requires the physician to rely heavily on previous experience, a thorough knowledge of head and neck anatomy, and an understanding of the biologic behavior of the numerous histologically varied tumors that can occur in this system of glands. Historically, the salivary gland neoplasms were vaguely classified until Foote and Frazell presented their...

Pleomorphic adenoma (PA), the most common salivary gland tumor, accounts for 54 to 65% of all salivary gland neoplasias and 80% of the benign salivary gland tumors. It most frequently affects the parotid gland, followed by the submandibular and the minor salivary glands. Microscopically, mucous, sebaceous, oncocytic and squamous metaplasia, sometimes with the formation of keratin pearls, may be...

The pleomorphic adenoma, also known as mixed tumor, presents an epithelial and mesenchymal histological structure, being also called epithelioma with altered stroma. The pleomorphic adenoma has a frequency of 70% of major salivary gland tumors, being located preponderantly at the level of parotid gland (52-84%), at the level of submandibular glands (7-17%) and at the level of the other salivary...

BACKGROUND Diseases of the salivary glands are rare in infants and children (with the exception of diseases such as parotitis epidemica and cytomegaly) and the therapeutic regimen differs from that in adults. It is therefore all the more important to gain exact and extensive insight into general and special aspects of pathological changes of the salivary glands in these age groups. Etiology and...

Tumors of salivary glands are uncommon and comprise of about 2%-4% of all head and neck tumors. About 75%-80% of these tumors are benign and include pleomorphic adenoma, monomorphic adenoma, oncocytoma, and papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of salivary glands, representing 5-10% of all salivary gland tumors. Although known to be met...