title: Follicular lymphoma of the submandibular salivary gland.
abstract: Lymphomas are neoplastic diseases of lymph nodes. Lymphoma of the salivary gland is rare accounting for less than 5% of lymphomas overall. Furthermore, lymphomas arising in the submandibular gland are reported to comprise 916% of all salivary gland lymphomas. Among lymphomas originating from salivary glands, the ratio of follicular lymphoma is very low. They can also be seen in the lymph nodes of the salivary glands which is an uncommon presentation. Here, we present a case follicular lymphoma which presented as a salivary gland tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shashidara
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
authors.lastname: Jaishankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Joseph
keywords: Follicular lymphoma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; submandibular salivary gland