Proceedings of the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology Companion Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 12, 2023: Classification of Salivary Gland Tumors: Remaining Controversial Issues?

Alena Skalova; Martin D Hyrcza

doi:10.1007/s12105-023-01541-1

Proceedings of the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology Companion Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 12, 2023: Classification of Salivary Gland Tumors: Remaining Controversial Issues?

Head Neck Pathol. 2023 Jun;17(2):285-291. doi: 10.1007/s12105-023-01541-1. Epub 2023 May 15.

Authors

Alena Skalova^{1

2

3}, Martin D Hyrcza⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic. skalova@biopticka.cz.
² Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Bioptical Laboratory Ltd, Pilsen, Czech Republic. skalova@biopticka.cz.
³ Sikl's Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, E. Benese 13, 30599, Pilsen, Czech Republic. skalova@biopticka.cz.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Arnie Charboneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

Abstract

The salivary gland section in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumours includes a description of several new entities. In addition, numerous tumor variants were described and new concepts proposed, most of which have been based on recent molecular discoveries. However, there are still some controversial issues that remain to be resolved, and some of them are discussed in this review.

Keywords: Carcinosarcoma; Intraductal carcinoma; Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Oncocytic carcinoma; Salivary gland; World health organization classification.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans
New Orleans
Salivary Gland Neoplasms* / pathology
Salivary Glands / pathology