Head and neck tumors

Head and neck tumors

Tumors of the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, oral cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, salivary glands, hypopharynx, and larynx.

Also tumors of local lymphoid tissue, skin, ear, eye, thyroid gland

Risk Smoking and chewing tobacco. Heavy alcohol use. A diet low in fruits and vegetables. Chewing betel quid, a stimulant commonly used

in parts of Asia. Being infected with human papilloma virus

(HPV). EBV infection. plummer-Vinson syndrome. poor nutrition ill-fitting dentures and other rough surfaces on

the teeth P53 mutation

Risk

Alcohol and tobacco use are the most common risk factors. They are likely synergistic in causing cancer

poor diet resulting in vitamin deficiencies

Environmental carcinogens include occupational exposures such as nickel

BUT- marijuana use was not shown to be associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma (potential protective factor against the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Dietary factors

Excessive consumption of processed meats and red meat were associated with increased rates of cancer

Betel nut chewing is associated with an increased risk of squamous cell cancer of the head and neck

Salted fish (nitrites) – nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Consumption of raw and cooked vegetables seemed to be protective.

Vitamin E was not found to prevent the development of leukoplakia

Human papillomavirus

HPV16, is a causal factor for some head and neck squamous cell carcinoma . Approximately 15 to 25% contain genomic DNA from HPV,

HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, with highest distribution in the tonsils, where HPV DNA is found in (45 to 67%) of the cases,

less often in the hypopharynx (13%–25%) least often in the oral cavity (12%–18%) and larynx

(3%–7%). cancers of the tonsil may be infected with HPV (25%) Oral sex can result in HPV-related cancer

Epstein-Barr virus

Associated with nasopharyngeal cancer – high grade.

Nasopharyngeal cancer occurs endemically - Mediterranean countries and Asia, EBV antibody titers can be measured to screen high-risk populations

Oral cavity – benign epithelial tumors

Squamous papilloma less common than in larynx Adults 30-50 yrs HPV 6 and 11

Condyloma accuminatum young adults – lip, palate

Verruciform xantoma Middle aged toolder adults Alveolar ridges

Prognosis HPV-positive cancers tend to have higher survival rates.

The prognosis for people with oropharyngeal cancer depends on the age and health of the person and the stage of the disease. It is important for people with oropharyngeal cancer to have follow-up exams for the rest of their lives as cancer can occur in nearby areas.

It is important to eliminate risk factors such as smoking and drinking alcohol, which increase the risk for second cancers

Location and type of tumor

Oral cavity –precursor (premalignant lesions) HIGH-risk lesions

Leukoplakia Erythroplakia speckled Erythroplakia (a mixture of both) chronic hyperplastic candidiasis dysplasia

Medium- risk lesions oral submucosal fibrosis syphilitic glossitis sideropenic dysphagia

low-risk lesions oral lichen planus discoid lupus erythematosus discoid keratosis congenita

Precanceroses

Leukoplakia

Leukoplakia

Leukoplakia

High grade dysplasia

Erythroplakia

Erythroplakia is a general term for red, flat, or eroded velvety lesions that develop in the mouth. In this image, an exophytic squamous cell carcinoma is surrounded by a margin of erythroplakia.

Erythroplakia

Oral cavity – malignant epithelial tumors

Squamous cell carcinoma (the vast majority of head and neck cancers)

Conventional (keratinizing) Endophytic X exophytic X ulcerated

Nonkeratinizing HPV16-95% Asymptomatic neck mass

Verrucous carcinoma Well differentiated, non metastasizing ca

Spindle cell ca Adenosquamous carcinoma Neuroendocrice ca

High grade, poor prognosis

Oral cavity – malignant epithelial tumors

Squamous carcinomas – the most common

Prognosis associated with location Lip (good prognosis) Tongue (highly aggresive) Mouth floor (highly aggresive) Bucal mucosa (highly aggresive) Gingiva (slow growth)

Squamous cell carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma

Verrucous carcinoma

Oral cavity, mesenchymal tu

Vascular Pyegenic granuloma (Lobular capillary

hemangioma), lip, tongue, gingival and bucal mucosa

Hemangioma Lymphangioma Kaposi´s sarcoma

Oral cavity, mesenchymal tu

Peripheral ossifying tumor Gingiva, along incisors

Peripheral giant cell granuloma Gingiva along incisors, caused by chronic irritation

Congenital granular cell epulis Lipoma Osteoma (torus palatinus, mandibularis) Fibrosarcoma

Fibroepithelial polyp

Fibroepithelial polyp

Oral cavity, neuroectodermal tu

Neurinoma Neurofibroma Melanocytic nevus Malignant melanoma

60 yrs (20-80) More aggresive than cutaneous

Odontogenic tumor

Rare, from remnants od dental crest

Classification: Epithelial Mesenchymal Mixed

Epithelial odontogenic tumors

Ameloblastoma (adamantinoma)

Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor

(Pindborg´s tumor), slowly growing, painless, posterior mandible

Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor

Anterior portion of maxila, younger than 30, females,

Squamous odontogenic tumor

Malignant ameloblastoma and ameloblastic carcinoma

(1% of ameloblastomas)

Ameloblastoma (Adamantinoma)

The most common

Manifestation 20.-40 yrs

Mandibula

Cystic, ill.defined borders – destructive growts,

histology: Histopathology will show cells that have the tendency to move

the nucleus away from the basement membrane. This process is referred to

as "Reverse Polarization". The follicular type will have outer arrangement of

columnar or palisaded ameloblast like cells and inner zone of triangular

shaped cells resembling stellate reticulum

Commom reccurences

May be malignant transformation

Ameloblastoma (adamantinoma)

Ameloblastoma

Ameloblastoma

Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor

Mezenchymal odontogenic tumors

Cementoblastoma

Cemento-ossifying fibroma fibrom

Odontogenic fibroma

Odontogenic myxoma

Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors

Cementoblastoma

Childhood Both jaws Cementoblastic proliferation around molars

Cementoblastoma

Cementoblastoma

Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors

Odontogenic myxoma

arising from embryonic connective tissue associated with tooth formation. consists mainly of spindle shaped cells and scattered collagen fibers

distributed through a loose, mucoid material. young people ill - defined borders bone resorption Local infiltration high recurrence rate

Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors Odontogenic myxoma

Mezenchymal odontogenic tumors Odontogenic myxoma

Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors

Odontogenic fibroma55% in mandible

45% in maxilla 2/3 of maxillary tumors found in the anterior segment 4-80 years Females 69% Recurrence rate is low Cellular tumor with minimal ground substance and droplets of calcified

matrix representing bone or atubular dentin Small round nests and irregular clusters of epithelial cells

Mesenchymal odontogenic tumors Odontogenic fibroma

Mixed odontogenic tumors

Odontomas Dentinom Ameloblastic fibroma Ameloblastic fibroodontoma Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma Odontogenic carcinosarcoma

Mixed odontogenic tumors

Ameloblastic fibroma

Childhood, adolescence Ameloblastic fibromas are neoplasms of

odontogenic epithelium and mesenchymal tissues

2% of odontogenic tumors Uni or multilocular cysts

Mixed odontogenic tumorsAmeloblastic fibroma

Ameloblastic fibroma

Mixed odontogenic tumors

Odontoma

66% of odontogenic tumors are odontomas

hamartoma Between 10. and 20 years More often in maxila compound odontoma - three separate dental tissues

(enamel, dentin and cementum) no definitive demarcation of separate tissues between the individual "toothlets

Complex odontoma - type is unrecognizable as dental tissues, usually presenting as a radioopaque area with varying densities.

Mixed odontogenic tumorsOdontoma

Mixed odontogenic tumorsOdontoma

Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma

Rare malignant variant of ameloblastic fibroma Invazive and destructive growth, minimal

metastases

Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma

Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma

Nonodontogenic tumors of jaws

Benign fibro-osseous lesions Fibrous dysplasia (polyostotic, monoostotic Juvenile ossifying fibroma Cemento osseous dysplasia

Giant cell lesions Central giant cell granuloma (osteolytic,

mostly mandible) Brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism cherubism

Salivary gland tumor Salivary gland neoplasms make up 6% of all head and

neck tumors Salivary gland neoplasms most commonly appear in the

sixth decade of life. Patients with malignant lesions typically present after age 60 years, whereas those with benign lesions usually present when older than 40 years. Benign neoplasms occur more frequently in women than in men, but malignant tumors are distributed equally between the sexes.

80% arise in the parotid glands, 10-15% arise in the submandibular glands, and the remainder arise in the sublingual and minor salivary glands. Almost 50% submandibular gland neoplasms and most sublingual and minor salivary gland tumors are malignant.

Most patients with salivary gland neoplasms present with a slowly enlarging painless mass.

Laryngeal salivary gland neoplasms may produce airway obstruction, dysphagia, or hoarseness.

Minor salivary tumors of the nasal cavity or paranasal sinus can manifest with nasal obstruction or sinusitis. Facial paralysis or other neurologic deficit associated with a salivary gland mass indicates malignancy.

Pain may be a feature associated with both benign and malignant tumors. Pain may arise from suppuration or hemorrhage into a mass or from infiltration of a malignancy into adjacent tissue.

malignant epithelial tumors benign epithelial tumors soft tissue tumors (Hemangioma) hematolymphoid tumors (e.g. Hodgkin

lymphoma) secondary tumors

Benign lesion

Pleiomorphic adenoma Myoepithelioma Basal cell adenoma Warthin´s tumor Oncocytoma Cystadenoma Canalicular adenoma

Malignant tumors

Acinic cell carcinoma Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Adenoid cystic carcinoma Salivary duct carcinoma Myoepithelialcarcinoma Carcinoma ex pleimorphic adenoma Squamous cell carcinoma Epi-myoepithelial cyrcinoma Cystadenocarcinoma

Salivary gland neoplasms are rare in children. Most tumors (65%) are benign, with hemangiomas being the most common, followed by pleomorphic adenomas.

35% of salivary gland neoplasms are malignant. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common salivary gland malignancy in children.

Pleomorphic adenoma common benign salivary gland neoplasm characterised

by neoplastic proliferation of parenchymatous glandular cells along with myoepithelial components, having a malignant potentiality.

It is the most common type of salivary gland tumor and the most common tumor of the parotid gland.

It derives its name from the architectural pleomorphism (variable appearance) seen by light microscopy. It is also known as "Mixed tumor, which describes its pleomorphic appearance as opposed to its dual origin from epithelial and myoepithelial elements

Warthin's tumor

the second most common benign parotid tumor. strong association with cigarette smoking.

Smokers are at 8 times greater risk of developing Warthin's tumor than the general population

Warthin's tumor primarily affects older individuals (age 60–70 years). There is a slight female predilection according to recent studies, but historically it has been associated with a strong male predilection.