Update from the 5th edition of the World Health Organization classification of head and neck tumors: salivary glands

A Skálová, MD Hyrcza, I Leivo - Head and neck pathology, 2022 - Springer
The salivary gland section in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification
of Head and Neck Tumours features a description and inclusion of several new entities …

Current management and future challenges in salivary glands cancer

LD Locati, R Ferrarotto, L Licitra, M Benazzo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Salivary gland cancers (SGCs) are rare, accounting for less than 5% of all malignancies of
the head and neck region, and are morphologically heterogeneous. The diagnosis is mainly …

Mucin-rich salivary gland tumors

JA Bishop - Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, 2024 - Elsevier
Salivary gland neoplasms characterized by abundant mucin production are rare but have
long been recognized. Due to their scarcity, precise classification has long eluded these …

New entities and concepts in salivary gland tumor pathology: The role of molecular alterations

RR Seethala - Archives of Pathology & Laboratory …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Salivary gland tumors are rare tumor types for which the molecular understanding
has resulted in a rapid expansion and shuffling of entities. These changes are reflected in …

High-Grade Transformation and Carcinosarcoma: A Review of Two Forms of Advanced Progression in the Salivary Gland

A Verma, RR Seethala, H Wang - Archives of Pathology & …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—High-grade transformation, previously known as dedifferentiation, in salivary
gland carcinoma and carcinosarcoma ex pleomorphic adenoma is a rare phenomenon. It is …

Salivary gland neoplasms in small biopsies and fine needle aspirations

JB Jalaly, ZW Baloch - Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Salivary gland neoplasms are rare and represent a diverse group of head and neck tumors.
Their diagnosis in limited cellularity specimens can be challenging as many of these have …

Palisading Adenocarcinoma: A Morphologically Unique Salivary Gland Tumor With a Neuroendocrine-like Appearance and a Predilection for the Sublingual Glands of …

JA Bishop, I Weinreb, C Van Vliet, C Leslie… - The American Journal …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a heterogenous group of salivary gland
tumors that likely contains distinct tumors that have not yet been characterized. Indeed, in …

Characterization of a Molecularly Distinct Subset of Oncocytic Pleomorphic Adenomas/Myoepitheliomas Harboring Recurrent ZBTB47-AS1:: PLAG1 Gene Fusion

Z Alsugair, J Perrot, F Descotes, J Lopez… - The American Journal …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Recurrent gene fusions are common in salivary gland tumors including benign tumors, such
as pleomorphic adenoma (PA) and myoepithelioma (ME). In cases where chromosomal …

Salivary gland polymorphous adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathological features and gene alterations in 36 Japanese patients

M Fukumura, K Ishibashi, M Nakaguro… - Journal of Oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Polymorphous adenocarcinoma is a common intraoral minor salivary gland
carcinoma in Western countries but is extremely rare in Japan. The current study aimed to …

Fusion‐positive salivary gland carcinomas

A Skálová, MD Hyrcza, T Vaneček… - Genes …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Salivary gland tumors are a rare, heterogeneous group of neoplasms that pose significant
diagnostic challenges for the histopathologist. Histopathological diagnosis relies primarily …