Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management

Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management, Second Edition, updates the landmark text in this important discipline within oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and general surgery. Written by well–established clinicians, educators, and researchers in oral and maxillofacial surgery, this book brings together information on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of all types of salivary gland pathology. Clear and comprehensive, Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management offers complete explanation of all points, supported by a wealth of clinical and surgical illustrations to allow the reader to gain insight into every facet of each pathologic entity and its diagnosis and treatment.

Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of this topic. Beginning with the embryology, anatomy and physiology of the salivary glands, the first section of the book discusses radiographic imaging, infections, cystic conditions, sialoadenitis and sialolithiasis, and systemic diseases. The second section of the book is devoted to the classification of salivary gland tumors and devotes individual chapters to the discussion of each type. Additions for this section of the second edition include molecular biology of salivary gland neoplasia, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy and targeted therapy for salivary gland malignancies.  The book closes with a discussion of pediatric salivary gland pathology, traumatic injuries of the salivary glands and miscellaneous pathologic processes of the salivary glands and ducts, including a section on saliva as a diagnostic fluid.

The book is intended for a very diverse audience, including academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons, otolaryngologists / head and neck surgeons, general surgeons, as well as residents in these disciplines. Private practitioners will want to place this publication on the bookshelves of their offices so as to consult the textbook when evaluating a patient with salivary gland pathology.

Contributors xxx

Foreword xxx

Preface to 1st edition xxx

Preface to 2nd edition xxx

Acknowledgements xxx

1 Surgical anatomy, embryology and physiology of the salivary glands

2 Diagnostic imaging of salivary gland pathology
Pradeep K. Jacob and J. Michael McCoy

3 Infections of the Salivary Glands

4 Cysts and Cyst–like Lesions of the Salivary Glands

5 Sialolithiasis

6 Systemic diseases affecting the salivary glands

7 Classification, Grading and Staging of Salivary Gland Tumors

8 The molecular biology of benign and malignant salivary gland tumors
Randy Todd

9 Tumors of the Parotid Gland

10 Tumors of the submandibular and sublingual glands

11 Minor salivary gland tumors

12 Radiation Therapy for Salivary Gland Tumors
Joseph R. Kelley

13 Systemic Therapy for Salivary Gland Cancer
Janakiraman Subramanian

14 Non–salivary tumors of the salivary glands

15 Pediatric Salivary Gland Pathology

16 Trauma and injuries to the salivary glands

17 Miscellaneous pathologic processes of the salivary glands

Index xxx

Eric R. Carlson, DMD, MD, FACS, is Professor and Kelly L. Krahwinkel Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program and Director of the Oral/Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and Director of the Head and Neck Service at the University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Robert A. Ord, DDS, MD, MS, FACS, FRCS, MBA is Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System and Head of the Oncology Section of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland.