Lymphadenoma of the salivary gland: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 33 tumors

Abstract

Lymphadenomas (LADs) are rare salivary gland tumors. Their clinicopathologic characteristics and etiopathogenesis are poorly understood.

We examined 33 LADs in 31 patients (17 women and 14 men) aged 11-79 years (median 65 years). There were 22 sebaceous LADs in 21 patients (9 women and 12 men) and 11 non-sebaceous LADs in 10 patients (8 women and 2 men).

Keywords

• benign
• lymphadenoma
• neoplasm
• salivary gland