Background: The minor salivary glands biopsy is a very common diagnostic procedure in oral medicine rather its efficiency has not been statistically proved.
Aim: Assessment of Rabta pathologic department experience
Methods: 297 biopsies have been studied with special attention to the suspected diagnosis before biopsy and the final histologic result.
Results: The minor salivary gland biopsy confirmed the initial diagnosis in 78 cases. Although if the minor salivary gland biopsy is in most cases not contributively, it is a very simple procedure which gives the diagnosis of Gougerot-Sjogren disease, amylosis and sarcoidosis.