title: Benign Pediatric Salivary Gland Lesions.
abstract: Salivary gland lesions are rare in pediatric patients. In addition, the types of salivary gland tumors are different in their distribution in specific sites in the major and minor salivary glands in children compared with adults. This article reviews benign neoplastic and nonneoplastic salivary gland disorders in pediatric patients to help clinicians to develop an orderly differential diagnosis that will lead to expedient treatment of pediatric patients with salivary gland lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 1930 Alcoa Highway, Suite 335, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. Electronic address: ecarlson@mc.utmck.edu.
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland and the Greenbaum Cancer Institute, Suite 1402, 650 W Baltimore Street, Suite 1218, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ord
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Hemangioma; Mucocele; Pleomorphic adenoma; Ranula; Sialadenitis; Sialolithiasis