The pathology of head and neck tumors: salivary glands, part 3.
The term adenoma is applied to a rather wide variety of histopathologic entities in the salivary glands. These include tumors derived from the ductal epithelium and/or from myoepithelial cells and other salivary-gland elements, such as the sebaceous glands. Within the categories of mixed tumor (pleomorphic adenoma), monomorphic adenoma, clear-cell tumor, and sebaceous lesions, there are also several subtypes, each of which lends further credence to the germinative potential of the salivary tissues. Presented in this report is a clinicopathologic and histogenetic analysis of these lesions. Specifically discussed are mixed tumor, monomorphic adenoma, carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma, clear-cell tumor, sebaceous lymphadenoma, and sebaceous carcinoma.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009208:Myoepithelioma / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012626:Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic