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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2026

Recent developments in salivary gland pathology after the WHO 2024 classification: new developments in existing entities and evolving new entities.

Alena Skálová, Jan Laco, Lester D R Thompson, Martina Bradová, Vincent Vander Poorten, Anna Luíza Damaceno Araújo, Göran Stenman, Ilmo Leivo, Abbas Agaimy, Alfio Ferlito

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alena SkálováDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Charles University, Plzen, Czech Republic. skalova@biopticka.cz.
Jan LacoThe Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Lester D R ThompsonHead and Neck Pathology Consultations, Woodland Hills, CA, USA.
Martina BradováDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Charles University, Plzen, Czech Republic.
Vincent Vander PoortenOtorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Oncology, Section Head and Neck Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Anna Luíza Damaceno AraújoHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Göran StenmanMultidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ilmo LeivoMultidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abbas AgaimyInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Alfio FerlitoCoordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, Padua, Italy.

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Abstract

Parallel to and after publication of the WHO 2024 classification of head and neck tumors, several developments concerning known existing salivary gland tumor entities, but also proposing new evolving tumor entities have been published. This review article describes the most important new developments in salivary gland pathology published through 2022-2025, that were not included in the 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Head and Neck Tumours 2024. This review summarizes these recent developments in both the benign and the malignant tumor categories. Among the recently proposed entities are palisading adenocarcinoma, microcribriform adenocarcinoma, fenestrating adenocarcinoma and skin-analogue poroid carcinoma. Developments in existing carcinoma entities include recognition of mucoacinar carcinoma as subtype of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MAML2-fused), mucoepidermoid carcinoma without squamous cell differentiation, metatypical adenoid cystic carcinoma, and adenoid cystic carcinoma with prominent tubular hypereosinophilia. In the benign tumor category, recognition of pleomorphic adenoma with canalicular/trabecular phenotype driven by HMGA2 fusions, triphasic basal cell adenoma with S100 protein-positive "stroma", characterized by CTNNB1 mutations, metaplastic Warthin tumor with KRAS mutations and delineation of thymus-like phenotype in non-sebaceous lymphadenoma with recurrent CYLD mutations are the main highlights. Emerging concepts include benign tumor with ductal and papillary morphology (sialadenopapillary ductal tumor). Finally, new grading schemes have been developed/ proposed for acinic cell carcinoma and secretory carcinoma.

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Salivary Gland NeoplasmsSalivary GlandsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Adenoid CysticHumansWorld Health OrganizationBiomarkers, TumorEmerging salivary gland tumor entitiesGene fusionNovel subtypesSalivary gland tumorWorld Health Organization classification

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PMCPMC13176178

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