Mucocele.

Blue-pigmented nodule on the lowerlip

Mucocele. Nodule on the posterior buccal mucosa

Mucocele. Mucin-filled cystlike cavity beneath the mucosal surface. Minor salivary glandsare present below and let era! to the spilled mucin.

Ranula. Blue-pigmented swelling in the left floor of the mouth

Plunging ranula . Soft swelling in the neck.

Salivary duct cyst. Nodular swelling (arrow) overlying Wharton's duct.

Salivary duet cyst. Cystic cavity below the mucosal surface.

Sialolithiasis. Hard mass at the orifice of Wharton's duct.

Sialolithiasis. Periapical film of the same sialolith as depicted. Aradiopacity (arrow) is superimposed on the mandible. Care must be taken not to confuse such lesions with intrabony pathosis.

Sialolithiasis. Occlusal radiograph demonstrating radiopaque stone in Wharton'sduct

Sialolithiasis. Intraductal calcified mass showing concentric laminations. The duct exhibits squamous metaplasia.

Sialadenitis. Tender swelling of the submandibulargland

Sialadenitis. A purulent exudate can be seen arising from Stensen 's duct when the parotid gland is massaged

Chronic sialadenitis. Parotid sialogram demonstrating ductal dilatation proximal to an area of obstruction

Cheilitis glandularis. Prominent lower lip with inflamed openings of the minor salivary gland ducts. An early squamous cell carcinoma has developed on the patient's left side just lateral to the midline (arrow) .

Xerostom ia. Dry, leathery tongue in a patient with aplasia of the salivary glands

Sjogren syndrome. Dry and fissured tongue

Sjogren syndrome. Parotid sialogram demonstrating atrophy and punctate sialectasia (fruit-laden, branchless tree)

Sjogren syndrome. Benign Iymphoepithelial lesion of the parotid gland

Sjogren syndrome. labial gland biopsy showing multiple lymphocytic foci

Sialadenosis. Enlargement of the parotid and submandibular glands secondary to alcoholism

Necrotizing sialometaplasia. Early lesion demonstrating swelling of the posterior lateral hard palate .

Necrotizing sialometaplasia. Later-stage lesion showing craterlike defect of the posterior palate.

Necrotizing sialometaplasia. Necrotic mucous acini (left) and adjacent ductal squamous metaplasia (right) .

Pleomorphic adenoma. Slowly growing tumor of the parotid gland.

Pleomorphic adenoma. Tumor of the submandibular gland.

Pleomorphic adenoma. Tl -weighted. fat-suppressed, contrast-enhanced coronal magnetic resonance image (MRI) of a tumor of the deep lobe of the parotid gland.

Pleomorphic adenoma. Firm mass of the hard palate lateral to themidline.

Pleomorphic adenoma. low-power view showing a well-circumscribed. encapsulated tumor mass. Even at this power, the variable microscopic pattern of the tumor is evident

Pleomorphic adenoma. Plasmacytoid myoepithelial cells.

Pleomorphic adenoma. Ductal structures (left) with associated myxomatous background (right) .

Oncocytoma. Sheet of large. eosinophilic oncocytes

Oncocytosis. Multifocal collections of dear oncocytes (arrows) in the parotid gland.

Warthin tumor. Mass in the tail of the parotid gland.

Warthin tumor. low-power view showing a papillary cystic tumor with a lymphoid stroma

Warthin tumor. High-power view of epithelial lining showing double row of oncocytes with adjacent lymphoid stroma

Canalicular adenoma. Mass in the upper lip.

Canalicular adenoma. Uniform columnar cells forming canal-like ductal structures

Basal cell adenoma. Parotid tumor showing cords of basaloid cells arranged in a trabecular pattern

Sialadenoma papilliferum . Low-power view showing a papillary surface tumor with associated ductal structures in the superficial lamina propria

Sialadenoma papilliferum. High-power view of cystic areas lined by papillary, oncocytic epithelium

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Blue-pigmented mass of the posterior lateral hard palate.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Low-power view of a moderately well-differentiated tumor showing ductal and cystic spaces surrounded by mucous and squamous cells

Acinic cell adenocarcinoma. Small, nodular mass of the hard palate.

Acinic cell adenocarcinoma. Parotid tumor demonstrating sheet of granular, basophilic serous acinar cells

Acinic cell adenocarcinoma. High-power view of serous cells with basophilic, granular cytoplasm.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Painful mass of the hard palate and maxillary alveolar ridge

Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Computed tomography scan of this massive palatal tum or shows extensive destruction of the hard palate with extension of the tumor into the nasal cavity and both maxillary sinuses

Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Islands of hyperchromatic cells forming cribriform and tubular structures. Inset shows a high-power view of a small cribriform island.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma. The tumor cells are surrounded by hyalinized material