Journal title
عنوان نشریه
Journal of Dentomaxillofacial
Literature & Humanities
http://3dj.gums.ac.ir
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doi
en
jalali
1397
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gregorian
2018
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A Review of Signet Ring Cells in Salivary Gland Tumors
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Signet Ring Cells (SRCs) are often seen in gastrointestinal tract, breast, bile duct, and lung invasive carcinomas. Observing these cells in benign and malignant lesions of the salivary glands is usual. Signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma is rare and is commonly seen in the secondary salivary glands. The presence of SRCs in other neoplasms is usually associated with poor prognosis; however, the prognosis and the survival of malignant tumors of the salivary glands containing SRCs are not well known and few studies have been conducted on this topic.<br>
<strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> In this review article, 18 articles were reviewed from 1984 to 2017 in the PubMed, Google Scholar, and MEDLINE databases with the keywords of “salivary glands”, “parotid”, “submandibular”, “sublingual”, and “signet ring cells”.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> Viewing SRCs in the salivary glands is not common. Although the SRC adenocarcinoma has a low incidence, some of them may have been reported as Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) and in fact, have a higher incidence.<br>
<strong>Conclusion: </strong>SRC adenocarcinoma of the salivary glands must be differentially diagnosed with more common tumors of these glands. Further studies are required to determine the exact prevalence of these salivary tumors that contain SRCs. Also, it seems necessary to predict their biological behavior.</div>
Signet Ring Cells, Salivary gland, Sublingual, Submandibular, Parotid, Salivary gland carcinoma
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Laleh
Maleki
malekilaleh@yahoo.com
0000-0001-7319-9370
No
Assistant Professor, Dental Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Elham
Arzhang
elhamarzhang88@gmail.com
0000-0002-2682-2083
No
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Leili
Alizadeh
alizadeh13642001@yahoo.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-2003
Yes
Assistant Professor, Dental Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.