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What are the salivary gland tumors?

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Pleomorphic adenoma
Monomorphic adenoma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (cylindroma)
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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Where are tumors of the minor salivary gland more common?

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Upper lip

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Pleomorphic

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Many shapes

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Oma

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Tumor

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Aden

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Salivary

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Where may salivary gland tumors arise?

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Major or minor salivary glands

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Where are minor salivary gland tumors most often located?

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The junction of the hard and soft palate

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Which tumor makes up 90% of all salivary gland tumors?

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Pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor)

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What is a pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor)?

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A benign salivary gland tumor

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Where is the most common extraoral location of the pleomorphic adenoma?

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Parotid gland

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Where is the most common intraoral location of the pleomorphic adenoma?

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The palate

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Which lesions have been known to undergo malignant transformation?

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Pleomorphic adenoma

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What does the pleomorphic adenoma look like clinically and what’s the treatment?

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Slowly enlarging, nonulcerated, painless, dome shaped mass

Treatment is surgical excision and recurrence is rare

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What is a monomorphic adenoma (warthin tumor)?

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A benign encapsulated salivary gland tumor that has lymphoid tissue and a uniform pattern of epithelial cells

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Where and in who does the monomorphic adenoma most occur?

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In females and on the upper lip and buccal mucosa (rarely intraorally)

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Treatment of the monomorphic adenoma

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Surgical excision

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What is a mucoepidermal carcinoma?

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A malignant salivary gland tumor

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Where are major mucoepidermal carcinomas most often found majorly and minorly?

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Major - parotid gland

Minor- palate

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What does a mucoepidermoid carcinoma look like clinically?

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Slow enlarging masses

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Malignant

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Cancer

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Carcinoma

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Epithelial tissue

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Who does the mucoepidermoid carcinoma occur in?

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Usually adult females but most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children

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Treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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Surgical excision

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What is an adenoid cystic carcinoma (cylindroma)?

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A slow growing malignant tumor of either major or minor salivary gland tissue that may be ulcerated and painful

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Most common site of the adenoid cystic carcinoma?
Parotid gland
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma resembles what microscopically?
Swiss cheese
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Treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma
Surgical excision
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What are the odontogenic tumors?
Epithelial odontogenic tumors Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors Mixed odontogenic tumors Peripheral odontogenic tumors
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What are odontogenic tumors?
Derived from tooth forming structured. May be composed of epithelium, mesenchyme, or both.
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Most odontogenic tumors are what?
Benign
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What are the epithelial odontogenic tumors?
Ameloblastoma Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor Calcifying odontogenic cyst
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What is an ameloblastoma?
A benign, slow growing but local aggressive epithelial odontogenic tumor
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Where can the ameloblastoma occur?
The mandible or maxilla
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Where is the ameloblastoma most often found?
Mandible in the molar or ramus area
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What does the ameloblastoma look like radiographically?
Multilocular soap bubble or honey comb radiolucency
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Ameloblastoma may occur in association with what
A dentigerous cyst
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Recurrence of ameloblastomas is what?
Common
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Treatment of ameloblastomas
Surgical excision
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What is the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor?
A benign epithelial odontogenic tumor composed of islands and sheets of polyhedral epithelial cells
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Who does the CEOT most often affect?
Adults
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Where does the COET most often occur?
The mandible in the bicuspid and molar area
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Treatment of CEOT
Surgical excision
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What is an adenomatoid odontogenic tumor?
An encapsulated benign epithelial odontogenic tumor
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70% of adenomatoid odontogenic tumors occur in who?
Females younger than 20
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70% of adenomatoid odontogenic tumors involve what portion of the jaws?
Anterior
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Where are adenomatoid odontogenic tumors most common?
Maxilla
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What are many adenomatoid odontogenic tumors associated with?
Impacted teeth
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What are adenomatoid odontogenic tumors surrounded by?
A dense fibrous connective tissue capsule
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What does a adenomatoid odontogenic tumor consist of?
Ductlike structures, whorls, and large masses of cuboidal and spindle shaped epithelial cells
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Treatment of adenomatoid odontogenic tumors
Enucleation
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What is the calcifying odontogenic cyst?
A nonagressive cystic lesion lined by odontogenic epithelium
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Who is the calcifying odontogenic cyst most commonly seen in?
Individuals under 40
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Has an associated characteristic ghost cell keratinization
Calcifying odontogenic cyst
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Treatment of the calcifying odontogenic cyst
Surgical enucleation
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Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors
Benign cementoblastoma
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What is a benign cementoblastoma?
A cementum producing lesion
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Treatment of the benign cementoblastoma?
Enucleation of the tumor and removal of the involved tooth
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What is enucleation?
Cleaning out of the cyst and the lining
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Does a benign cementoblastoma reoccur?
No
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Mixed odontogenic tumors
Ameloblastic fibroma | Odontoma
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What is the ameloblastic fibroma?
A benign nonencapsulated odontogenic tumor
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Who does the ameloblastic fibroma occur in?
Young children and young adults (more often males)
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Where is the ameloblastic fibroma most commonly found?
Mandibular bicuspid and molar region
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Treatment of ameloblastic fibroma
Surgical excision with low recurrence rate
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What is a compound odontoma?
A mass that resembles teeth | Usually located in anterior maxilla
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Complex odontogenic tumor
A mass that does not resemble teeth | Usually in posterior mandible
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Who are odontogenic tumors most often found in?
Adolescents and young adults
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Clinical manifestation of odontogenic tumor
Failure of tooth to erupt
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Treatment of odontogenic tumor
Surgical excision

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