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Salivary glands
Nonneoplastic tumors and tumor-like conditions
Lymphoid hyperplasia
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PubMed Search: Lymphoid hyperplasia salivary
Nonneoplastic tumors and tumor-like conditions
Lymphoid hyperplasia
Author: Sally Tanakchi, M.D.
Senior Author: F. Zahra Aly, M.D., Ph.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2015
Revised: 20 March 2019
Copyright: 2002-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Lymphoid hyperplasia salivary
Cite this page: Tanakchi S Lymphoid hyperplasia. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/salivaryglandslymphoidhyperplasia.html. Accessed June 17th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Lymphoid rich lesions of salivary glands include reactive and neoplastic conditions
- These lesions contain lymphocytes which are integral to or a major component of the pathological condition
- In general, the nonneoplastic lesions are characterized by relative preservation of the lobular outline of the gland, predominance of T cells and hyperplasia of the ductal basal cells that lack myoepithelial cells
- Epithelial islands may be infiltrated by B cells
- Benign conditions associated with lymphoid hyperplasia include:
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Cystic lymphoid
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