Abstract
A group of 19 malignant salivary gland neoplasms of various histological types (mucoepidermoid carcinoma, acinic cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, myoepithelial carcinoma, basal cell adenocarcinoma, carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma, ductal carcinoma, adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified and undifferentiated carcinoma) were cytogenetically investigated. Previous karyotypic information revealed deletion of the long arm of chromosome 6, loss of chromosome Y and the gain of chromosome 8 as the most recurrent deviations found in these neoplasms. Clonal chromosome aberrations were detected in 11 cases of this series. In 7 of them there were only numerical deviations (gain of chromosomes 2, 7, 8, 10 and X and loss of chromosomes 18, 21 and Y) without concomitant structural anomalies. Structural rearrangements such as t(2;7), t(6;16), t(6;9) and t(1;1) translocations were found in two mucoepidermoid carcinomas, one adenoid cystic carcinoma and one ductal carcinoma, respectively. The wide spectrum of changes found in this group of neoplasms may reflect the diversity in their histogenesis and differentiation phenotypes.
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