EC Dental Science

Cystadenoma of salivary gland is an exceptionally discerned neoplasm preponderantly composed of papillary articulations or demonstrating a cystic architecture. Tumour emerges as a unilocular or multicystic lesion wherein constituent cystic cavities delineate frequent papillary projections. Oncocytic cells are commonly discerned although lymphoid tissue is minimal to absent. Foci of cellular or nuclear atypia, mitotic figures or neoplastic invasion into circumscribing tissue is absent.

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