title: Salivary gland tumors: revision of 391 cases according to the new WHO classification.
abstract: We reviewed 391 cases of salivary gland tumors collected in a 13 year period at the Institute of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Modena, according to the new WHO classification (1991). A diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma was changed in adenoid cystic carcinoma. Within malignant tumors, 16 cases were reclassified, and new entities, such as polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma, papillary cystoadenocarcinoma and salivary duct carcinoma were introduced. Mucoepidermoid carcinomas were subdivised in low-grade and high-grade tumors, but at the follow-up histological grade did not correlate with clinical behaviour of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologiche e Medico Legali, Università di Modena, Italia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cesinaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Criscuolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Migaldi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lo Bianco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D014944:World Health Organization