title: [Salivary gland biopsy : experience of La Rabta Hospital's pathology departement].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The minor salivary glands biopsy is a very common diagnostic procedure in oral medicine rather its efficiency has not been statistically proved.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Assessment of Rabta pathologic department experience
  
  
  METHODS
  297 biopsies have been studied with special attention to the suspected diagnosis before biopsy and the final histologic result.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The minor salivary gland biopsy confirmed the initial diagnosis in 78 cases. Although if the minor salivary gland biopsy is in most cases not contributively, it is a very simple procedure which gives the diagnosis of Gougerot-Sjogren disease, amylosis and sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Khadija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: Imed
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Ghorbel
authors.forename: Amina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekni
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: Nidhammeddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kchir
authors.forename: Slim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haouet
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Houman
authors.forename: Moncef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zitouna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*