Abstract
A 12 year-old schoolgirl was admitted with the chief ccmplaint of a painless mass in the right submaxillary region of two years duration. Examination ruvealed a firm elastic mass which was movable and well-defined.
At surgery the tumor was removed and the submaxillary gland left intact. The specimen was encapsulated and measured 3×2. 5×2. 5or. in size. The microscopic appearance was typical of salivary gland mixed tumors and contained myxo-chcndrc-epithelial elements.