title: Intra-oral minor salivary gland tumors: a clinicopathological study of 546 cases.
abstract: Salivary gland tumors are uncommon and most reported series include tumors affecting both major and minor glands. Very few series have focused solely on intra-oral minor salivary gland tumors. The aim of this study is to report the clinicopathological data of intra-oral minor salivary gland tumors in our oral biopsy files during the last 14 years. A total of 546 minor salivary gland tumors, including 305 benign (55.9%) and 241 malignant (44.1%) lesions, were reviewed. The two most common tumors were pleomorphic adenoma (181 cases, 33.2%) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (125 cases, 22.9%), and the most commonly affected site was the palate (181 cases, 33.2%). The highest incidence was found in patients in the 5-7th decade of life, and females were more commonly affected than males in the vast majority of various histological types of tumors. Large series of intra-oral minor salivary gland tumors help to understand their clinical and pathological aspects and consequently their proper management and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Oral Pathology Section, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States. ramoafop@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fábio Ramôa
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Gordon A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pringle
authors.forename: Oslei Paes
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Sow-Yeh
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*