Clinicopathological study of involvement of the submandibular gland in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Clinicopathological study of involvement of the submandibular gland in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Our purpose was to provide a pathological basis for preservation of the submandibular glands during neck dissection for oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by investigating whether intraglandular lymph nodes exist in submandibular glands, and the modes of involvement of submandibular glands in oral SCC. We studied the records of 95 patients with oral SCC (other than that in the floor of the mouth) treated at our hospital from January 2017 to June 2018. The specimens of submandibular glands discarded after neck dissection were analysed, and serially sectioned. (Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)