Category Archives: Salivary Gland

World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Salivary Glands.

 Benign Salivary Gland Tumors:

1.    Plemorphic adenoma
2.    Myoepithelioma
3.    Basal cell adenoma
4.    Warthin tumour
5.    Oncocytoma
6.    Canalicular adenoma
7.    Sebaceous adenoma
8.    Lymphadenoma – 1) sebaceous, 2) non-sebaceous
9.    Ductal papilloma – 1) inverted ductal papilloma, 2) intraductal papilloma, 3) sialadenoma papilliferum
10.    Cystadenoma

Malignant Salivary Gland Tumors:

1.    Acinic cell carcinoma
2.    Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
3.    Adenoid cystic carcinoma
4.    Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma
5.    Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
6.    Clear cell carcinoma, NOS
7.    Basal cell adenocarcinoma
8.    Sebaceous carcinoma
9.    Sebaceous lymphadenocarcinoma
10.    Cystadenocarcinoma
11.    Low-grade cribiform cystadenocarcinoma
12.    Mucinous adneocarcinoma
13.    Oncocytic carcinoma
14.    Salivary duct carcinoma
15.    Adenocarcinoma, NOS
16.    Myoepithelial carcinoma
17.    Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
18.    Carcinosarcoma
19.    Metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma
20.    Squamous cell carcinoma
21.    Small cell carcinoma
22.    Large cell carcinoma
23.    Lymphoepithelial carcinoma
24.    Sialoblastoma
References:

Robbins Basic Pathology 7th ed, edited by Vinay Kumar, Ramzi S. Cotran, and Stanley J. Robbins, 873 pp, Philadelphia, Pa, Sounders, 2003.