title: Dysplastic pleomorphic adenoma of the sublingual salivary gland.
abstract: All tumours of the sublingual gland are rare and paradoxically the large majority are malignant. A case of pleomorphic adenoma in the sublingual gland is described. The tumour showed areas of dysplasia and the difficulties in distinguishing this from benign pleomorphic adenoma or carcinoma in pleomorphic adenoma are considered, and the literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ashford Hospital, Middlesex.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Eveson
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D013362:Sublingual Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*