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Vol. 60. Issue 2.
Pages 120-125 (January 2009)
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Vol. 60. Issue 2.
Pages 120-125 (January 2009)
Tumoral pathology of salivary glands. Our experience
Afección tumoral de las glándulas salivales. Nuestra experiencia
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María Teresa Lahoz Zamarroa,
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agalveroyo@hotmail.com

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, Agustín Galve Royob, Fernando Galve Royob
a Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Obispo Polanco, Teruel, Spain
b Medicina de Familia, Teruel, Spain
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Introduction and objectives

We report a descriptive epidemiologic study of 63 patients with major and minor salivary gland tumours diagnosed at our centre over the last 10 years.

Methods

The data collected from all patients included gender, age, location, histopathology, diagnostic procedures, treatment, and follow-up.

Results

Among the 38 males and 25 females, we found 39 with benign tumours and 24 with malignant tumours. Most of these tumours (42; 67%) arose in the parotid gland, 12 (19%) in the submaxillary gland, 7 (11%) in the palate, and 2 (3%) in external auditory canal. The mean age was 54 years for benign tumours and 80 years for malignant ones. The most common benign tumours found were pleomorphic adenomas (67%) whereas squamous cell carcinoma (54%) followed by lymphomas (25%) were the most frequent among malignant tumours.

Conclusions

We have found 2 main differences with previously reported studies: the elevated mean age of patients with malignant tumours and, probably as a result of this advanced age, the high incidence of squamous cell carcinoma due to metastatic dissemination of skin cancers.

Key words:
Major and minor salivary gland tumours
Parotid gland
Submaxillary gland
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Introducción y objetivos

Presentamos un estudio epidemiológico descriptivo de 63 pacientes con tumores de glándulas salivales mayores y menores diagnosticados en nuestro hospital en los últimos 10 años.

Métodos

Hemos recogido, de todos los pacientes, edad, sexo, localización, histopatología, Métodos de diagnóstico, tratamiento y supervivencia.

Resultados

Se trata de 38 varones y 25 mujeres, con 39 tumores benignos y 24 malignos. En su mayoría aparecieron en la glándula parótida (42; 67%), 12 (19%) en la submaxilar, 7 (11%) en el paladar y 2 (3%) en el conducto auditivo externo. La media de edad era 54 años en los pacientes con tumor benigno y 80 en aquellos con tumor malignos. Los más frecuentes fueron: adenoma pleomorfo, que representa el 67% de los tumores benignos, y carcinoma epidermoide (54%) entre los malignos, seguido por linfoma (25%).

Conclusiones

Encontramos dos diferencias principales con la literatura revisada: la elevada media de edad de los pacientes con tumores malignos y, probablemente debido a ello, la gran incidencia de carcinomas escamosos por diseminación metastásica de cánceres cutáneos.

Palabras clave:
Tumores de glándulas salivales mayores y menores
Glándula parótida
Glándula submaxilar

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