Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The normal lung: histology, embryology, development, aging and function
- Chapter 2 Lung specimen handling and practical considerations
- Chapter 3 Congenital abnormalities and pediatric lung diseases, including neoplasms
- Chapter 4 Pulmonary bacterial infections
- Chapter 5 Pulmonary viral infections
- Chapter 6 Pulmonary mycobacterial infections
- Chapter 7 Pulmonary mycotic infections
- Chapter 8 Pulmonary parasitic infections
- Chapter 9 Acute lung injury
- Chapter 10 Interstitial lung diseases
- Chapter 11 Metabolic and inherited connective tissue disorders involving the lung
- Chapter 12 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Chapter 13 Sarcoidosis
- Chapter 14 Occupational lung disease
- Chapter 15 Eosinophilic lung disease
- Chapter 16 Drug- and therapy-induced lung injury
- Chapter 17 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diseases of the airways
- Chapter 18 Pulmonary vascular pathology
- Chapter 19 Pulmonary vasculitis and pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes
- Chapter 20 The pathology of lung transplantation
- Chapter 21 The lungs in connective tissue disease
- Chapter 22 Benign epithelial neoplasms and tumor-like proliferations of the lung
- Chapter 23 Pulmonary pre-invasive disease
- Chapter 24 Epidemiological and clinical aspects of lung cancer
- Chapter 25 Lung cancer staging
- Chapter 26 Immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of pulmonary tumors
- Chapter 27 Adenocarcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 28 Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 29 Large cell carcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 30 Salivary gland neoplasms of the lung
- Chapter 31 Neuroendocrine tumors and other neuroendocrine proliferations of the lung
- Chapter 32 Sarcomatoid carcinomas and variants
- Chapter 33 Mesenchymal and miscellaneous neoplasms
- Chapter 34 Pulmonary lymphoproliferative diseases
- Chapter 35 Metastases involving the lungs
- Chapter 36 Diseases of the pleura
- Index
- References
Chapter 30 - Salivary gland neoplasms of the lung
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The normal lung: histology, embryology, development, aging and function
- Chapter 2 Lung specimen handling and practical considerations
- Chapter 3 Congenital abnormalities and pediatric lung diseases, including neoplasms
- Chapter 4 Pulmonary bacterial infections
- Chapter 5 Pulmonary viral infections
- Chapter 6 Pulmonary mycobacterial infections
- Chapter 7 Pulmonary mycotic infections
- Chapter 8 Pulmonary parasitic infections
- Chapter 9 Acute lung injury
- Chapter 10 Interstitial lung diseases
- Chapter 11 Metabolic and inherited connective tissue disorders involving the lung
- Chapter 12 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Chapter 13 Sarcoidosis
- Chapter 14 Occupational lung disease
- Chapter 15 Eosinophilic lung disease
- Chapter 16 Drug- and therapy-induced lung injury
- Chapter 17 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diseases of the airways
- Chapter 18 Pulmonary vascular pathology
- Chapter 19 Pulmonary vasculitis and pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes
- Chapter 20 The pathology of lung transplantation
- Chapter 21 The lungs in connective tissue disease
- Chapter 22 Benign epithelial neoplasms and tumor-like proliferations of the lung
- Chapter 23 Pulmonary pre-invasive disease
- Chapter 24 Epidemiological and clinical aspects of lung cancer
- Chapter 25 Lung cancer staging
- Chapter 26 Immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of pulmonary tumors
- Chapter 27 Adenocarcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 28 Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 29 Large cell carcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung
- Chapter 30 Salivary gland neoplasms of the lung
- Chapter 31 Neuroendocrine tumors and other neuroendocrine proliferations of the lung
- Chapter 32 Sarcomatoid carcinomas and variants
- Chapter 33 Mesenchymal and miscellaneous neoplasms
- Chapter 34 Pulmonary lymphoproliferative diseases
- Chapter 35 Metastases involving the lungs
- Chapter 36 Diseases of the pleura
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Primary salivary gland tumors of the lung are extremely rare and comprise only 0.1% to 0.2% of all lung cancers. The seromucinous glands of trachea and bronchi are similar to the minor salivary glands, and therefore they share histologically identical tumors. Historically, the term bronchial adenoma was used for primary pulmonary salivary gland tumors and bronchial carcinoids. However, it is clear that salivary gland tumors of the lung represent distinct, usually slow growing, low-grade neoplasms. Patients with salivary gland lung tumors are, on average, younger than other bronchogenic carcinoma patients. Overall, these tumors have a weaker association with smoking, as up to 40% of patients are non-smokers. Since primary salivary gland lung tumors may present a diagnostic challenge, it is of vital importance that sufficient material be submitted for pathological analysis. The bronchoscopic evaluation should be carefully conducted while keeping in mind the goal of a bronchoplastic resection, whenever appropriate. Given the importance of lymph node involvement as a prognostic indicator, mediastinal lymph node sampling or dissection should be diligently performed in all patients. Since complete surgical resection appears to be the best predictor of long-term survival, every effort should be made to achieve this goal.
Only small case series are available to demonstrate the presentation, diagnosis and management of these tumors. It should be kept in mind that generalizations regarding the treatment and prognosis of these tumors are limited by the very small sample size of published case series. Similarly, a limited number of genetic studies have been published. It appears that besides morphology, salivary gland tumors of the lung have similar genetic abnormalities to their salivary gland counterparts.
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- Spencer's Pathology of the Lung , pp. 1127 - 1150Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000
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