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Pathology 3 - Salivary tumours Flashcards

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What are causes for change in salivary gland size?

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  • secretion retention (mucocele or duct obstruction)
  • chronic sialadenitis
  • gland hyperplasia (sialosis, sjogrens)
  • neoplasm
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What are causes of chronic sialadenitis?

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  • bacterial from xerostomia
  • viral
  • more common in parotid
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What are signs of salivary tumour?

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  • localised swelling
  • neurological change in facial nerve
  • painless
  • slow growing
  • well defined
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Describe the epidemiology of salivary tumours.

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  • uncommon
  • 3% of head and neck neoplasms
  • 75% are benign
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What is the most common gland for salivary tumours?

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Parotid - only 15% malignant

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What is the most common gland for malignant salivary tumours?

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Sublingual - 0.5% of tumours overall, 80% of these malignant

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What is the general rule for salivary gland malignancy?

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The smaller the gland the more likely to be malignant

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What are the different histological typing of tumours?

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Epithelial
- benign or adenoma
- malignant or adenocarcinoma
Non-epithelial
- lymphoma
- sarcoma

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What are the clinal features of a major salivary gland tumour?

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  • lump in gland
  • asymmetry
  • obstruction
  • pain or facial palsy (late sign for parotid)
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What are the clinal features of a minor salivary gland tumour?

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  • often found at junction of hard/soft palate
  • upper lip or cheek
  • ulcerate (late sign of malignancy)
  • can be ectopic in tongue
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What are the different biopsy types suitable for salivary gland tumours?

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  • FNA
  • core biopsy
  • incisional biopsy
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What does NOS indicate?

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Cancer that is not otherwise specified (does not fit any category)

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What are the features of pleomorphic adenoma?

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  • 75% of salivary tumours, most common in parotid
  • slow growth, painless
  • varied histopathology, capsule is variable (benign tumours usually incomplete capsule)
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What cells are common to see in pleomorphic adenoma?

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  • duct epithelium
  • myoepithelium cells
  • myxoid and chondroid areas
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What is the treatment of pleomorphic adenoma?

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Wide local excision

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What problems are associated with pleomorphic adenoma?

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  • recurrence is common due to multifocal presentation
  • progression to carcinoma 5%
17
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What are the features of adenolymphoma?

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  • aka warthin’s tumour
  • related to smoking
  • 15% of salivary tumours, most common in parotid
  • occasionally bilateral or multifocal
  • recurrence is low, malignant change low
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What is the histology of adenolymphoma?

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  • cystic
  • distinctive epithelium
  • lymphoid tissue
19
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What is the treatment of adenolymphoma?

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Excision

20
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What are the features of adenoid cystic carcinoma?

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  • 5% of tumours, more common in minor glands
  • local spread is common to nerves and bone
  • perineural pain presents with dull continuous pain
  • varied histology
21
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What histological patterns are seen in adenoid cystic carcinoma?

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  • cribriform
  • tubular
  • solid
22
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What problems are associated with adenoid cystic carcinoma?

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  • difficult to treat
  • recurrence high
  • prognosis poor at 20 years
  • late spread to lungs via metastasis in blood
23
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What are the common features of mucoepidermoid carcinoma?

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  • 3-5% of tumours
  • cystic or solid
  • unpredictable
  • lymphatic spread rare
  • can be intraosseous (ectopic or odontogenic epithelium has multiple transformation potential)
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What cells are common to see in mucoepidermoid carcinoma?

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  • squamous (epidermoid)
  • glandular (mucous)
25
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What stain is used to visualise mucous cells?

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Alcian blue

26
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What are other salivary carcinomas of note?

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  • acinic cell carcinoma (rare, parotid, varied histology)
  • polymorphous adenocarcinoma (minor palatal glands, perineural spread)

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