Expression of β-catenin in Minor Salivary Glands Adjacent to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the expression pattern, localization, and stain intensity of β-catenin in minor salivary glands adjacent to surgically excised oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).
Marwa A. Hamied +2 more
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Clinical and pathological characterization of pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands
Introduction: salivary glands are constituted by three pairs of major glands and a group of 450 to 700 minor glands located in the oral mucosa. Their fundamental function is to produce and secrete saliva.
Rosalí Bauta-Milord +2 more
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Oncocytoma of Palate: A Case Report, with an Emphasis on Immunohistochemistry [PDF]
Oncocytomas are benign tumors of salivary glands, characterized histopathologically by large epithelial cells with bright and eosinophilic cytoplasm. They occur mostly in parotid glands, with only a small percentage of these tumors occurring in minor ...
Shubhangi Mani +4 more
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Neurofibromin expression by normal salivary glands
Introduction Neurofibromin, a protein encoded by the NF1 gene, is mutated in neurofibromatosis 1, one of the most common genetic diseases. Oral manifestations are common and a high prevalence of hyposalivation was recently described in individuals with ...
Eloá Borges Luna +3 more
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Aplasia of the Major and Minor Salivary Glands: Report of a Rare Case
Background: Aplasia of the salivary glands, either partial or involving all the major and possibly the minor salivary glands, is a very rare cause of hyposalivation.
Erofili Papadopoulou +4 more
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An unusual presentation of mixed tumor of salivary gland
Pleomorphic adenoma is one of the salivary gland tumors affecting both major and minor salivary glands. Parotid gland is the most commonly affected of the major group, and hard palate is the most common site of the minor salivary glands affected ...
Arati V Kulkarni +6 more
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Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate [PDF]
IL-18, an immunoregulatory and proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to play an important pathogenic role in Th1-driven autoimmune disorders. In this study, we evaluated the circulating levels and salivary-gland expression of IL-18 in patients with Sj&
Blades, Mark C +51 more
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Myoepithelioma of the parotid gland: A case report with review of the literature
Myoepithelioma is a rare tumor of the salivary glands belonging to a distinct category of neoplasms according to World Health Organization. It represents about 1% of all tumors that develop in the salivary glands.
Ida Barca +7 more
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Antigen-driven clonal proliferation of B cells within the target tissue of an autoimmune disease: the salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome [PDF]
Structures resembling germinal centers are seen in the salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome, but it is not known whether the microenvironment of these cell clusters is sufficient for the induction of a germinal center response.
G Steinhauser +9 more
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Histopathology of salivary glands
Salivary gland (SG) biopsy is a technique broadly applied for the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), lymphoma accompanying SS, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, and IgG4-related disease The most peculiar feature of pSS on biopsy is focal lymphocytic sialadenitis.
Carubbi, Francesco +3 more
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