Salivary Gland Tumors

Question 1

What salivary gland tumor type is shown here?
• Key features?

Answer 1

Pleomorphic Adenoma

Key Features:
• Tissue has BOTH ductal (epithelial cells) and myoepithelial cells
• Produces epithelial and mesenchymal tissue: Myxoid, Hyaline, Cartilaginous, and osseous tissue

Question 2

What is this?

Answer 2

Pleomorphic Adenoma
• Has both epithelial and chondral/osseous components

Question 3

What type of salivary gland tumor is this?
• key features?
• Who is it most likely to present in?

Answer 3

Warthin Tumor
• Double layer of epithelial cells that sit on a base of reactive lymphoid tissue
• This is a benign tumor

Most often this presents in middle aged males that smoke

Question 4

What is this?

Answer 4

Warthin Tumor

Question 5

This tumor what taken from the salivary gland of a kid.
• what is it?
• Key features?

Answer 5

Mucoepidermoid Tumor (most common malignant salivary gland tumor in kids)

Key Features:
• Varying degress of squamous, mucoid, and intermediate cells.