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Pathology 2018 Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
ISSN: 2319-9865 Page 72
October 08-09, 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
17th International Conference on
Pathology & Cancer
Epidemiology
Introduction: Minor salivary gland neoplasms represent less than
25% of the intraoral salivary neoplasms and only 0.3-1.5% of all
the biopsies received in oral pathology laboratories.
Aim & Objective: Histopathological study of minor salivary gland
tumors: An observational study in the Malwa belt of south west
part of Punjab.
Material & Method: A prospective clinico-pathological study of
15 cases of benign and malignant neoplastic tumors of intraoral
minor salivary glands was conducted in Department of Pathology
at Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda
over the period of 6 months. The lesions from representative
sections were studied and classified according to World Health
Organization (WHO) classification.
Result: Palate was the most common site constituting
46.6% followed by retromolar region contributing 26%.
Histopathologically amongst the 15 cases studied during study
period, 8 were benign and remaining 7 were malignant. The most
common benign tumor found was Pleomorphic adenoma (87.5%)
followed by a single case of oncocytoma (12.5%). Among the
7 malignant tumours most commonly seen lesion was serous
polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA) contributing
42.8%of all themalignantminor salivary gland lesions followed by
adenoid cystic carcinoma (28.5%), mucoepidermoid carcinoma
(14.2%).
Conclusion: Most of the benign tumors were observed in the
age group of 20-40 years, while most of the malignant tumor
cases were common in elderly (>40 years) age group. The most
commonly seen benign neoplastic lesion was pleomorphic
adenoma whereas polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma
(PLGA) was the most common malignant salivary gland
neoplasm. Histopathology remains the gold standard for the
diagnosis along with all other advanced ancillary techniques such
as immunohistochemistry.
Histopathological study of minor salivary gland tumors: an
observational study in the Malwa belt of south west part of
Punjab
Nidhi Bansal and Arnav K R Roychoudhury
Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, India
RRJMHS 2018
Volume: 7