Adenomatoid hyperplasia of minor salivary glands

Salivary glands
Nonneoplastic tumors and tumor-like conditions
Adenomatoid hyperplasia of minor salivary glands

Author: F. Zahra Aly, M.D., Ph.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 12 March 2018, last major update August 2011

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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description

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Definition / general

Presents as submucosal nodule or mass; may be hyperplastic or hamartomatous in nature
Usually hard palate, also retromolar but may occur anywhere in the oral cavity
Called sialadenosis in major salivary glands
Etiology unknown; in major salivary glands, sialadenosis is associated with metabolic conditions

Microscopic (histologic) description

Coalescing lobules of normal mucinous acini