OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology and comparative survival for minor salivary gland cancer of the oral cavity. STUDY DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING Academic medical center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cases of minor salivary gland cancer of the oral cavity were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1988-2005) and staged. Kaplan-Meier survivals wer...

Over the past few decades, salivary gland tumor pathology has evolved. This includes recognition of newly defined entities as well as reclassification of other salivary gland tumors [1]. The development of genetic tests have shown that some salivary gland tumors have genetic abnormalities which are specific to a histologic type such as MECT1– MAML2 gene fusion in mucoepidermoid carcinoma and PL...

Breast glands and salivary glands are tubulo-acinar exocrine glands that can manifest as tumours with similar morphological features, but that differ in incidence and clinical behaviour depending on whether they are primary in breast or salivary glands. Salivary gland-like tumours of the breast are of two types: tumours with myoepithelial differentiation and those devoid of myoepithelial differ...

Centrally occurring salivary gland tumors are rare. Because of a considerable overlap between the clinical and histopathological features, this group of tumors often produces a diagnostic difficulty to the clinicians and oral pathologists. Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is an unusual, low-grade, malignant salivary gland tumor that represents approximately 2% of the salivary gland tumors with almos...

OBJECTIVES To describe a novel technique using the image guidance system for transoral robotic surgery of the pharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces. STUDY DESIGN Case series presentation. METHODS Three cases of oropharyngeal and pharyngeal space lesions are reviewed for presentation, workup, and original management. RESULTS Final pathology of a vascular malformation, an acinic cell adenoca...

parotid gland tumour, presenting past and contemporary treatment options for this entity, and underscore the necessity of therapy individualization in every single case. Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is a rare salivary gland tumour accounting for 6 to 15% of all malignant neoplasms of the parotid gland. Although ACC belongs to low-grade malignant tumours, there can be seen ones with aggressive be...

A49 year old woman presented with a lump in her right breast, which was partially cystic, and after draining refilled immediately. A biopsy showed an infiltrating ductal carcinoma grade 3, with the additional feature of unusual cytoplasmic granules. Several courses of cytotoxic chemotherapy were administered which included adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5 fluorouracil. Eight mo...