Study of Salivary Gland Neoplasms.
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2015-03
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Tumors of the salivary glands are uncommon and they
present a great variety of histological types with many
structural variation. They have a low incidence and their
anatomical relationship especially that of the parotid gland
to the facial nerve make their management challenging.
The present study was carried out to find out the
prevalence of salivary gland neoplasms, to see associated
conditions like sialadenitis, sialolithiasis coexisting with
salivary gland neoplasms and to do cytohistopathological
correlation. Total 96 cases were collected of which 66.7%
were benign and 33.3% were malignant. In 81 (84.3%)
cases tumors occurred in major salivary gland while 15
(15.6%) cases in minor salivary gland. Among major
salivary gland, parotid was the commonest site and in
minor salivary glands, palate was the commonest site
followed by lips. Pleomorphic adenoma was the
commonest benign tumor and adenoid cystic carcinoma
was the commonest malignant tumor followed by
mucoepidermoid tumor. There was one case of synovial
sarcoma. Associated pathology like sialadenitis and
sialolithiasis were present in 16 benign and 5 malignant
tumors. Cytohistocorrelation was seen in 63 out of 64
(98.4%) benign and 16 out of 18 (88.8%) malignant
tumors.
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salivary gland, parotid gland, pleomorphic adenoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, mucoepidermoid tumor
Citation
Jaiswal Kirti N, Johari Sachin P, Shrivastav Alok C, Shrikhande Anuradha V. Study of Salivary Gland Neoplasms. Indian Medical Gazette. 2015 Mar; 149 (3): 96-100.