Salivary Gland Disorders Pictures Flashcards
mucus duct cyst; salivary duct cyst
Sialadenitis (swelling of submandibular gland)
highly variable histology
Salivary adenocarcinoma
Sialadenitis (stenson duct from parotid gland)
Mucocele (mucus extravasation phenomenon)
pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor)
What is the most common minor gland tumor (40% of cases)?
pleomorphic adenoma
carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
Nicotine stomatitis
What do we call the condition with excessive salivary production?
Sialorrhea
Sjogrens syndrome: other than the effect on the salivary glands, what other effect is present?
Dry eyes. Conjunctivitis Sicca
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Sialolithiasis (salivary caliculi; salivary stones)
(early) Necrotizing sialometaplasia
canalicular adenoma (almost always upper labial mucosa)