Difference between revisions of "Labial salivary gland"
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The labial salivary gland is biopsied to assess an individual for Sjögren disease. Salivary gland pathology
Differential diagnosis
Main possibilities:[1]
- Chronic sialadenitis.
- Focal lymphocytic sialadenitis.
- Indeterminate.
- Insufficient for diagnosis.
- Minor salivary gland within normal limits.
Other possibilities:
- Salivary gland tumours - see salivary gland.
- Lymphoma - usually MALT lymphoma.