Salivary Gland Diseases Flashcards
Accumulation of saliva or mucin in the lips (lower lip)
Due to mechanical trauma to the excretory duct: Mucus Extravasation Phenomenom 📌more common📌
Due to blockage of salivary flow- mucus retention cyst
Painless,msoft, smooth, bluish - gray mass
Tx. Enucleation with removal of the associated gland
MUCOCELE
Accumulation of saliva or mucin in the floor of the mouth
Due to mechanical trauma to the excretory duct- Mucus Extravasation Phenomenon
Due to blockage of salivary flow- mucus retention cyst 📌‼️more common
Ranula
painless soft smooth bluish gray mass Tx. Enucleation with removal of the associated gland
Ranula
1-4cm non neoplastic necrosis of the minor salivary gland of the palate
Cc. My palate fell off
Mimics malignancy clinically & histologically
Heals within 6-10 wks
Tx: None
Necrotizing Sialometaplasia
Most common tumor of salivary glands
Most common benign tiumor of major & minor salivary glands
Parotid gland & palate
Pleomorphic Adenome (Benign mixed tumor)
Group of benign salivary gland tumors composed of single cell type
Parotid gland & upper lip
Painless, firm mass same color withnadjacent mucosa
Monomorphic Adenoma (Benign mixed tumor)
bilayered strands of epithelial cells
2 rows of epithelial cells
Canalicular adenoma
myoepithelioma
myoepithelial cells
Most common malignant tumor of major & minor salivary gland
Parotid gland & palate
mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
mucus producing cells
Muco
squamous cells
Epidermoid
Inflammation of salivary glands
Sialedenitis
