Chapter 11 Test #3 lecture 3 Flashcards
What is the most common salivary neoplasm?
-Pleomorphic adenoma
Most parotid tumors turn out to what type of neoplasm?
-Pleomorphic adenoma
What is another name for a pleomorphic adenoma?
-Benign Mixed Tumor
T/F A pleomorphic adenoma is encapsulated
True
What is the other name of an oncocytoma?
-Oxyphilic adenoma
What is a benign salivary gland tumor composed of large epithelial cells known as oncocytes?
-Oncocytoma
An oncocyte that has swollen granular cytoplasm that is full of what?
-Excessive accumulation of mitochondira
What is another name for warthins tumor?
-Papillary Cystadenoma Lymphomatosum
What do you almost exclusively see the Warthins tumor?
-Parotid gland
What is the second most common benign parotid tumor?
-Warthins Tumor
T/F Smokers have an eightfold greater risk of developing a Warthins Tumor
True
What are five malignant salivary neoplasms?
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- Acinic cell adenocarcinoma
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma
- Malignant mixed tumor
What is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children?
-Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
What is the most common place that mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurs?
-Parotid gland
Where is the second most common place that mucoepidermoid carcinomas occur?
-Palate
If you have a low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma what is the chance of survival?
-90-95%
If you have a high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma what is the chance of survival?
-30-54%
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma tumor prognosis depends on what?
-Grade and stage
T/F Parotid gland tumors are associated with a poorer prognosis than in submandibular gland tumors
False
-Submandibular gland tumors are associated with a poorer prognosis than parotid gland
What is an intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma?
-An ectopic salivary gland tissue that was developmentally entrapped within the jaw
What is a low grade malignant neoplasm showing serous acinar differentiation?
-Acinic Cell Adenocarcinoma
What is the second most common malignant salivary gland neoplasms?
-Acinic cell Adenocarcinoma
What is the most common sight of acinic cell adenocarcinoma?
-Parotid
What is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor of the submandibular gland?
-Adenoid cystic carcinoma
What are some characteristics of an adenoid cystic carcinoma?
- Slow-growing
- Widely infiltrative
- Tendency for perineural spread
- Pain
- Facial nerve paralysis
What is the other name for polymorphous Low-grade adenocarcinoma?
-Terminal Duct Carcinoma
Where do polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinomas almost exclusively occur?
-Minor glands
T/F carcinoma = epithelial, sarcoma = mesenchymal
True
