Salivary gland tumor classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Classification

Salivary gland neoplasms are classified by the World Health Organization as primary or secondary, benign or malignant, and by tissue of origin. This system defines five broad categories of salivary gland neoplasms:

• malignant epithelial tumors (e.g. acinic cell carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma, salivary duct carcinoma)
• benign epithelial tumors (e.g. pleomorphic adenoma, myoepithelioma and Warthin tumour, sebaceous lymphadenoma)
• soft tissue tumors (Hemangioma)
• hematolymphoid tumors (e.g. Hodgkin lymphoma)
• secondary tumors.