The contents of the BS are adipose tissue,
minor salivary gland tissue, parotid duct, lymph nodes, fascial vein, facial and buccal artery, buccal branch of the cranial nerve VII, buccal division of the mandibular division of cranial nerve V.
The most common benign major and
minor salivary gland tumour was the pleomorphic adenoma, which constituted 66% of the total cases studied (39 cases out of 59 studied).
3 In 80% of cases, they affect the parotid gland, while 10% each are seen in submandibular and
minor salivary glands.
In parotid gland benign tumors are about 80% and the same drops to 60% in the submandibular glands, where as in
minor salivary glands especially in oral cavity malignant tumors outnumbers the benign tumors.
mucins were employed as the histChemical staining of the
minor salivary glands of each
This tumor has been observed and documented in major and
minor salivary glands of both children and adults.
18%) MEC were diagnosed being 29 located in
minor salivary glands.
Minor salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma of the parapharyngeal space.
Although the low-power gray-blue tumor hue of polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA), a result of the tumor's mucohyaline matrix and the neoplastic cell's vesicular chromatin, usually allows for the quick elimination of MASC, (26) PLGA not uncommonly coexpresses S100 protein and mammaglobin (15) and usually occurs in
minor salivary gland sites, and therefore it could easily enter into a differential diagnosis with MASC, especially on small biopsy specimens.
Loyola AM, de Araujo VC, de Sousa SO, et al:
Minor salivary gland tumours.
Among the 28 cases in
minor salivary glands, 18 (64.
In most series, it is the most common type of malignant
minor salivary gland tumor.
