title: [Epithelial tumors of the minor salivary glands in the lips and cheeks].
abstract: Difficulties in the clinical diagnosis of tumors of minor salivary glands of the lips and cheeks are discussed on the basis of results of examination of 52 patients with such tumors and comparison of the diagnosis of this condition and of identical tumors of the large salivary glands. Discrepancies between the clinical and pathoanatomical diagnosis are analyzed. Clinical characteristics helpful in the diagnosis of the condition are presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002610:Cheek; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor
vernacular_title: Epitelial'nye opukholi malykh sliunnykh zhelez gub i shchek.