World Health Organisation Histological Classification Classification of Salivary Neoplasms 4th edition 2017

Malignant epithelial tumours

  • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma
  • Acinic cell carcinoma
  • Polymorphous adenocarcinoma
  • Clear cell carcinoma
  • Basal cell adenocarcinoma
  • Intraductal carcinoma
  • Adenocarcinoma, NOS
  • Salivary duct carcinoma
  • Myoepithelial carcinoma
  • Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
  • Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
  • Secretory carcinoma
  • Sebaceous adenocarcinoma
  • Carcinosarcoma
  • Poorly differentiated carcinoma
  • Undifferentiated carcinoma
  • Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • Lymphoepithelial carcinoma
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Oncocytic carcinoma
  • Uncertain malignant potential
  • Sialoblastoma

Benign tumours

  • Pleomorphic adenoma
  • Myoepithelioma
  • Basal cell adenoma
  • Warthin tumour
  • Oncocytoma
  • Lymphadenoma
  • Cystadenoma
  • Sialadenoma papilliferum
  • Ductal papillomas
  • Sebaceous adenoma
  • Canalicular adenoma and other ductal adenomas

Non-neoplastic epithelial lesions

  • Sclerosing polycystic adenosis
  • Nodular oncocytic hyperplasia
  • Lymphoepithelial sialaedenitis
  • Intercalated duct hyperplasia

Benign soft tissue lesions

  • Haemangioma
  • Lipoma/sialolipoma
  • Nodular fasciitis

Haematolymphoid tumours

  • Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma)

Secondary malignancies

Index: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Submandibular Gland

Resource Appropriate Submandibular Gland Guideline Scenarios