Table 2. Distribution of benign and malignant tumors of the minor salivary glands, according to histological type and anatomical site.

Histological type	Anatomical site
	Palate	Oral mucosa	Lip	Floor of the mouth	Retromolar area	Tongue	Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Benign tumors
Pleomorphic adenoma	9 (100.0)	-	-	-	-	-	9 (100.0)
Basal cell adenoma	-	1 (100.0)	0 (0)	-	-	-	1 (100.0)
Canalicular adenoma	-	-	1 (100)	-	-	-	1 (100.0)
Total	9 (81.8)	1 (9.1)	1 (9.1)	-	-	-	11 (100.0)
Malignant tumors
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma	9 (53.0)	1 (5.9)	1 (5.9)	1 (5.9)	4 (23.4)	1 (5.9)	17 (100.0)
Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma	4 (80.0)	-	1 (20.0)	-	-	-	5 (100.0)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma	2 (100.0)	-	-	-	-	-	2 (100.0)
Acinic cell carcinoma	-	1 (100.0)	-	-	-	-	1 (100.0)
Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma	1 (100.0)	-	-	-	-	-	1 (100.0)
Total	16 (61.6)	2 (7.7)	2 (7.7)	1 (3.8)	4 (15.4)	1 (3.8)	26 (100.0)
Total	25 (67.6)	3 (8.1)	3 (8.1)	1 (2.7)	4 (10.8)	1 (2.7)	37 (100.0)