salivary gland tumours
Salivary gland tumors are variable in location, origin, and malignant potential.
Pathology
In general, the ratio of benign to malignant tumors is proportional to the gland size; i.e. the parotid gland tends to have benign neoplasms, the submandibular gland 50:50, and the sublingual glands and accessory glands mostly malignant. Due to the size discrepancy, in absolute numbers, the parotid gland has the most tumors.
Location
- parotid gland: 70%
- minor salivary glands (including sublingual): 22% with the palate being most frequent (see: minor salivary gland tumors)
- submandibular gland: 8%
Overall ~80% of all parotid masses are benign and the majority of these are pleomorphic adenomas.
Subtypes
Benign
- epithelial
- pleomorphic adenoma: this is the most common (≈50%) tumor of the parotid
- Warthin tumor: essentially only found in the parotid, in older, usually male patients; it is bilateral in 10-15%
- intraductal papilloma of salivary glands
- oncocytoma of salivary glands
- myoepithelioma: until recently considered a subtype of pleomorphic adenoma; they can also originate in breast and bronchus
- non-epithelial
Malignant
- mucoepidermoid carcinoma: most of the malignant lesions
- adenoid cystic carcinoma
- myoepithelioma
- adenocarcinoma (not otherwise specified)
- acinic cell carcinoma of salivary glands
- squamous cell carcinoma of salivary glands
- malignant mixed tumors of the salivary glands
- carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
- carcinosarcoma (true mixed tumor of the salivary glands)
- metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma
- salivary duct carcinoma
- metastases (mostly to intraparotid lymph nodes)
- cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
- malignant melanoma
- testicular seminoma (rare)
- lymphoma (rare)
- primary: arising from the parotid gland as a MALToma
- secondary: involving the intraparotid lymph nodes
See also
Siehe auch:
- pleomorphes Adenom der Glandula parotis
- Hämangiom
- Pleomorphes Adenom
- Warthin-Tumor
- Parotistumoren
- Adenoid-zystisches Karzinom
- Lymphangiom
- zystische Läsionen der Glandula parotis
- myoepithelioma
- acinic cell carcinoma of salivary glands
- minor salivary gland tumour
- Lipom der Speicheldrüsen
- Lipom der Glandula parotis
- Hämangiom Glandula parotis
- Biopsie Glandula parotis
- Speicheldrüsenmetastasen
- Vergrößerung der Glandula parotis
- staging of malignant salivary gland tumours
- mukoepidermoides Karzinom
- maligne Tumoren der Parotis
- Lungenkarzinome vom Speicheldrüsentyp
- Onkozytom der Speicheldrüsen
- polymorphes Adenokarzinom
und weiter:
- Glandula parotidea
- sublingual gland
- parotid space
- carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
- major salivary glands
- minor salivary glands
- parotid adenocarcinoma
- malignant salivary gland tumour staging
- Tumoren der Nasenhaupthöhle
- Adenoid-zystisches Karzinom der Speicheldrüsen
- Tumoren der Mundhöhle
- Adenoid-zystisches Karzinom der Glandula sublingualis
- Parapharyngealraum
