Open AccessInvestigation of Salivary Gland Pathology
Author(s) -
M. Zulfath Nihara,
Kalleshwar Chandrika,
R. Vijaya Sundari,
Tan Shi Yi,
Maya Ramesh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of academy of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-2621
pISSN - 2348-1595
DOI - 10.18311/jade/0/15955
Subject(s) - salivary gland , medicine , parotid gland , pathology , radiation therapy , magnetic resonance imaging , lymph node , radiology , fine needle aspiration cytology , metastasis , cytology , cancer
Salivary gland pathology is diverse in nature and mainly inflammatory or neoplastic. Salivary gland tumours present as painless enlarging masses. Most of the tumours are located in parotid glands and many of them are benign. The management of these tumours is difficult just like the diagnosis of benign and malignant tumours. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans provide some useful information in diagnosis, but most of the tumours will require surgical excision as a means of coming to a definitive diagnosis. Surgical approach is adequate for benign tumours and early low grade malignancies whereas post operative radiotherapy is needed for more advanced and high grade tumours with regional lymph node metastasis. The role of chemotherapy remains largely palliative. This article throws light on some of the more important aspects in the investigations of salivary gland pathologies.