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Salivary gland tumors are predominantly epithelial. Mesenchymal tumors most often involve glands by extension rather than arising within the gland. The latter are also found predominantly in children and adolescents. The most commonly encountered tumors in surgical pathology will be highlighted in this chapter. This chapter also summarizes the new findings on salivary gland pathology under the following categories: immunohistochemistry, molecular genetics, newly recognized tumor types, known tumor entities with new findings, and progression of salivary gland tumors.
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Bell, D.M., El-Naggar, A.K. (2016). Tumor of the Salivary Glands. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23380-2_23
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