title: Adenomatoid hyperplasia of mucous salivary glands.
abstract: Ten cases of an intraoral salivary gland lesion that is rarely reported and described. Clinically, these lesions appear as asymptomatic tumorlike nodules which are characterized histologically by a proliferation of mucous glandular tissue. The palate was the site of nine lesions. This entity may represent either a reactive hyperplastic phenomenon or a hamartomatous proliferation and should be distinguished from neoplasm.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010159:Palate / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*