Salivary Glands

Question 1

a bluish swelling on the palate, what is you first differential diagnosis?

Answer 1

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
-malignant glandular epithelial neoplasm.
-presents as a painless, fixed, slow growing swelling that often appears blue/red.
- always assume a pigment swelling on the palate is a malignant minor salivary gland tumour until proven otherwise.

Question 2

What tumour has a Swiss cheese appearance?

Answer 2

Adenoid cystic carcinoma - which is done by microcysts filled with basement membrane material.