scholarly journals Salivary gland tumours: a retrospective study at a tertiary care centre in South India

Author(s):  
Neha Swarnkar ◽  
Srinivasan Venkataraman ◽  
Prasanna Kumar Saravanam

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Salivary gland tumors are morphologically and histologically diverse group of lesions and their frequency varies in several parts of the world. Better understanding of these tumours will help in assessing the behaviour and outcomes of lesions of this region. The aim of this study was to analyse the charactertistics of different tumours occurring in the salivary gland in a tertiary care centre in South India.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A retrospective study was conducted of salivary gland tumors diagnosed from the year 2015 to 2020. Patient age and gender, tumor site and frequency, histopathological diagnosis were evaluated and analysed.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 36 salivary gland tumor cases was identified, 30 (87.3%) of which were classified as benign and 6 (12.7%) as malignant. Most tumors occurred in the parotid gland (81.3%). Pleomorphic adenoma was the most common tumor in 23 patients (63.8%), followed by warthins tumour. The tumors occurred more often in women than men.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the present study reinforce prevalence of salivary gland tumours. The parotid gland is the most common location and pleomorphic adenoma are the most frequent lesions. The malignant tumors also can occur in these glands and good clinical suspicion is necessary.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 562
Author(s):  
Jayalakshmy Payippat Leelamma ◽  
Bhavya P. Mohan

Background: Salivary gland tumors constitute a highly heterogeneous histopathologic group. There are few epidemiological studies of large series of benign and malignant epithelial tumors of major salivary glands in South India.Methods: This is a retrospective study in a tertiary care centre in Kerala, South India. A total of 180 epithelial neoplasms of major salivary gland were studied over a 5 year period. In each case age, sex, anatomical location and histopathological diagnosis were recorded.Results: Patients with benign and malignant tumors presented with a mean age of 52.3 and 55.9 years respectively. The frequency of benign tumors was 80.6% (n = 145) and of malignant tumors was 19.4% (n = 35). There was a higher prevalence of tumors in males 60.6% (n = 109) than in females 39.4% (n = 71). 91.9% (n = 164) of the tumors were localized in the parotid gland, 8.3% (n = 15) in the submandibular gland and 0.6% (n = 1) in the sublingual gland. The most common benign tumors were Pleomorphic adenoma (48.9%, n = 88) and Warthin’s tumor (28.9%, n = 52). Among malignant tumors, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most common (9.5%, n = 17) followed by Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (2.8%, n = 5) and adenoid cystic carcinoma (2.2%, n = 4).Conclusions: Parotid gland was the most common site of both benign and malignant tumours. Plemorphic adenoma was the most common benign tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most common malignant tumor.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 720
Author(s):  
Rajiv Sridharan ◽  
Anoop Thyvalappil ◽  
MP Amrutha ◽  
Gayathri Nair ◽  
Ajayakumar Sreenivasan

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1418-1421
Author(s):  
Ahmed Siddique Ammar ◽  
Rizwan Khalid ◽  
Syed Asghar Naqi ◽  
Shehrbano Khattak ◽  
Farwa Inayat ◽  
...  

Objective: This study is aimed to know the histopathological spectrum and outcome of surgery for salivary gland tumors presented in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan. Study Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary Care Hospital of Pakistan. Period: July 2018 to June 2020. Material & Methods: After approval from Institutional Review Board. Total 73 patients were selected with preoperative diagnosis of salivary gland tumors with consecutive non probability sampling. All surgical procedures were done by specialist general surgeons who had experience of more than 10 years of head and neck surgery. Results: Male to female ratio was 2:1 with mean age of patients was 46 years. Among males 29 (59.1%) were benign salivary gland tumors while 20 (40.81%) were malignant salivary gland tumors. Among females 13 (54.16%) were benign and 11 (45.83%) were malignant salivary gland tumors Most common benign tumor was pleomorphic adenoma 32 (43.8%) while mucoepidermoid carcinoma was most common malignant tumor 17 (23.28%). Only 9 (12.32%) patients experienced nerve paresis. Conclusion: Male preponderance, a relatively younger age at presentation and single predominant benign tumor (pleomorphic adenoma) were the significant findings. Majority of them were found in parotid gland and found to be benign in nature. Majority of them were found in parotid gland and found to be benign in nature. Although fine needle aspiration cytology and magnetic resonance imaging provide some useful information about the nature of tumor but most of them will acquire a surgical excision in order to find the definitive diagnosis.


Author(s):  
M. K. Mili ◽  
Hirak Jyoti Das ◽  
Asha Saikia ◽  
N. J. Saikia ◽  
J. Phookan ◽  
...  

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Salivary gland tumours constitute 3-4% of all head and neck cancers (mostly benign). These tumours are epithelial (95%) or mesenchymal in origin. Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign salivary gland tumour and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (45%) is the most common malignant salivary gland tumour followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (30%). The parotid, submandibular and the minor salivary glands of palate are commonly involved and the sublingual gland is rarely affected.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Hospital based cross sectional study was done in a tertiary care centre during a period of 1 year, which included 21 patients (10 men and 11 women). Patients were analysed according to age, gender, food habits, histopathological type and site of the tumour and treatment strategy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All the cases were from upper Assam province sharing a particular demographic pattern between 19-65 years. Peak incidence in males was fourth decade and females was third decade. Male female ratio was 0.9:1. Out of 21 cases, 14 were parotid gland tumours, 6 submandibular gland tumours and 1 minor salivary gland tumour. Most of the tumours were benign (16) and 5 were malignant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Two patients were of age 19 years which is conflicting the normal national incidence. All cases belonged to lower economic strata with decreased intake of beta carotene enriched food items. The most common site is parotid gland and most common tumour is pleomorphic adenoma which is in accordance to other studies. Benign cases were subjected to superficial parotidectomy and malignant cases to total parotidectomy with neck dissection.</p>


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