Mohammed Amer Swid, Liping Li, Erin M Drahnak, Hayden Idom, William Quinones
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Abstract
Context.—: Salivary gland neoplasms are rare lesions in the head and neck (H&N) pathology realm. There are more than 20 malignant and 15 benign salivary gland neoplasms in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization classification of H&N tumors. These neoplasms consist of heterogeneous groups of uncommon diseases that make diagnosis and treatment challenging for the clinical team. Using an algorithmic immunohistochemical approach-defined tumor origin and type has proven to be effective and advantageous. Immunohistochemistry may be used as sort of a "diagnostic looking glass," not as a positive or negative type tool, but as an indispensable complement to a hematoxylin-eosin morphologic pattern-based approach. Furthermore, the understanding of the novel discoveries of the salivary gland gene fusions and the molecular aspects of these tumors makes the process easier and improve the diagnosis as well as treatment aspects. This review reflects our experience with more recent diagnostic antibodies, which include MYB RNA, Pan-TRK, PLAG1, LEF1, and NR4A3. Each of these is linked with a specific type of neoplasm; for example, gene fusions involving the PLAG1 and HMGA2 oncogenes are specific for benign pleomorphic adenomas, and MYB is associated with adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Objective.—: To review these more recent antibodies, which highly enhance salivary gland neoplasm diagnosis.
Data sources.—: The study sources involved literature PubMed searches, including multiple review articles, case reports, selected book chapters, and Geisinger Medical Center cases.
Conclusions.—: Salivary gland tumors are a rare, varied group of lesions in H&N pathology. We need to have continuous readings and revisions of the molecular consequences of these fusion oncoproteins and their subsequent targets, which will eventually lead to the identification of novel driver genes in salivary gland neoplasms.
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