Salivary Glands Flashcards
Xerostomia
what is it?
autoimmune syndrome?
therapy causing it?
others?
increase rates of? 4

Inflammation aka?
induced by? 3 most common type lesion?
most common viral?
Mucocele- results from? saliva goes where? often location? result of? color? size? cysts?
filled with? 2 particularly?

Sialdeniti
ranula is what?
sialolithiasis/non specific sialadenitis
bacterial often what gland? what bacteria?
purulent?

salivary gland tumor being malignant is inversely proportional to?
the size of the gland
Sublingual>Minor>submand>parotid
Pleomorphic adenoma
malignant? cells types?2 gland?
type of tissues?
exposure to what increases risk?
gene? this does what/

Pleomorphic
morph- shape? size? capsule??
color? type of cells?
clin- pain? growth rate? location?
carcinoma arising here? called? common?
type of carninoma? will do what to pleo?
are these dangerous?

Warthin aka?
malignant? exclusive to? gender? age? mucch high risk for?
morph-shape? size? palpable? color? filled with? epithelial cells? mito?
can arise whre? mistake as?

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
type s of cells?
mainly in? others/Z
chromosomes? genes?2
size? color? contain?
survivial?

Adenoid cystic carcinoma
found in what glands?
size? capsule? color? nuclei?
patterns?
filled with?
invade where? reccurent?
dsurvival?
