It is the most common tumor of the salivary glands, its favorite site being the parotid glands, but may present itself in the minor salivary glands of the palate, lips, tongue, buccal mucosa and floor of the mouth.  When present in these last locations, they are of firm consistency, freely movable when palpated (except in the palate), painless and covered with normal mucosa to which they do not adhere. In its intraoral location, recession is not common and malignant transformation is very rare.

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