Author/Authors :
Patil, Preeti Departments of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Shri Hasanamba Dental College - Hassan, India , Burde, Krishna Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences - Dharwad - Karnataka, India , Naikmasur, Venkatesh G Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences - Dharwad - Karnataka, India , Thorawat, Amit Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences - Dharwad - Karnataka, India
Abstract :
Neoplasms that arise in the salivary glands are relatively rare, yet they represent a wide
variety of both benign and malignant histologic subtypes. Approximately 70% of the salivary
gland tumors affect parotid gland with the submandibular gland being affected in 5-10% of
the cases, sublingual gland in 1% and minor glands in 5-15% of the cases. Submandibular gland
tumors are relatively rare and very few studies have been reported in the literature that is
exclusively conducted on tumors affecting submandibular gland. In this paper, we describe
a case of pleomorphic adenoma affecting submandibular gland with brief review of current
literature on submandibular gland tumors.
