| Lymphoid Hyperplasia in Salivary Gland
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Etiology
• Infection or irritation in the skin and subcutaneous tissue draining to lymph nodes located within the parotid or submaxillary glands
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Pathogenesis
• Lymph nodes within salivary gland respond to antigen usually with follicular proliferation,
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Epidemiology
• Common cause of salivary gland enlargement
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General Gross Description
• Well demarcated tan fleshy nodule(s) within gland
• Nodular pattern
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General Microscopic Description
• Typical lymph node containing prominent follicles in the cortical region
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Clinical Correlation
• May be diagnosed on fine needle aspirate of salivary gland
• May result in gland resection which is curative
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 632-633.
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| Lymphoid Hyperplasia in Salivary Gland
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| Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T55100M72200)[117]
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