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6.4.11: 11. Histological Classification of Salivary Neoplasms

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    Malignant epithelial tumours

    • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    • Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    • Acinic cell carcinoma
    • Polymorphous adenocarcinoma
    • Clear cell carcinoma
    • Basal cell adenocarcinoma
    • Intraductal carcinoma
    • Adenocarcinoma, NOS
    • Salivary duct carcinoma
    • Myoepithelial carcinoma
    • Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
    • Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
    • Secretory carcinoma
    • Sebaceous adenocarcinoma
    • Carcinosarcoma
    • Poorly differentiated carcinoma
    • Undifferentiated carcinoma
    • Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
    • Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
    • Lymphoepithelial carcinoma
    • Squamous cell carcinoma
    • Oncocytic carcinoma
    • Uncertain malignant potential
    • Sialoblastoma

    Benign tumours

    • Pleomorphic adenoma
    • Myoepithelioma
    • Basal cell adenoma
    • Warthin tumour
    • Oncocytoma
    • Lymphadenoma
    • Cystadenoma
    • Sialadenoma papilliferum
    • Ductal papillomas
    • Sebaceous adenoma
    • Canalicular adenoma and other ductal adenomas

    Non-neoplastic epithelial lesions

    • Sclerosing polycystic adenosis
    • Nodular oncocytic hyperplasia
    • Lymphoepithelial sialaedenitis
    • Intercalated duct hyperplasia

    Benign soft tissue lesions

    • Haemangioma
    • Lipoma/sialolipoma
    • Nodular fasciitis

    Haematolymphoid tumours

    • Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma)

    Secondary malignancies