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Table 87: Intraosseous Salivary Neoplasm

Table 87: Cases of primary intraosseous (central) salivary neoplasms of the jaws from the literature, excluding tumors entering bone via the inferior alveolar nerve. Modified from Brookstone MS , Huvos AG. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 1992; 53:

Histologic Subtype

 No. of Cases

% of Cases
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 169 *

78
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 25

12
Adenocarcinoma, NOS 6

3
Malignant pleomorphic adenoma 6

3
Pleomorphic adenoma 5

2
Acinic cell carcinoma 5

2
Monomorphic adenoma 2

1
Total 218

101%**

              * including 74 cases from the 1,701 mucoepidermoid carcinomas collected by the Armed Forces Institute
                 of Pathology
            ** total is more than 100% because of rounding up of individual numbers