title: Pleomorphic adenoma involving minor salivary glands of upper lip: A rare phenomenon.
abstract: Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign tumor of salivary glands, usually occurs in major salivary glands (mostly in parotid gland). It also affects the minor salivary glands present in the oral cavity. Most of the time it occurs in postero-lateral part of palate, but the involvement of upper lip is rare. The present report describes a case of 55-year-old male with asymptomatic firm nodular swelling of upper lip which was later diagnosed as pleomorphic adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Faculty of Dental Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: Akhilesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Parikshit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery