AIM To retrospectively analyze the epidemiological, clinical and pathological data of parotid tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS Reassessment of the histologic diagnosis of parotid tumor in the patients admitted to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of the Iasi "Sf. Spiridon" University Emergency Hospital during 2009-2013. Data on gender, age, place of residence, location, size, surgical proce...

BACKGROUND Mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland is rare even in countries where the disease is rife. Because patients do not have specific symptoms of tuberculosis and tuberculosis of the parotid gland frequently presents as a neoplasm, most patients undergo parotidectomy. PATIENTS In this text we present a case report and the review of 20 well documented cases from the literature. Th...

BACKGROUND: Among salivary gland tumors, 80% arise in the parotid glands. Parotid tumors pose a challenge to most surgeons both in diagnosis and treatment. This study evaluates the clinical profile and management outcomes of parotid gland tumors in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The records of patients who presented with parotid gland swellings to the department of Ear, Nose and...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical and pathological features of basal cell adenoma (BCA) of the parotid gland. METHODS This is a retrospective study of 29 parotid BCAs in 28 patients who underwent surgery at the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, between October 2000 and June 2013. The tumors were categorized ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine clinicopathological correlates of outcome among patients with parotid gland cancer. METHODS The medical records of 126 patients treated by surgery for localized parotid cancer were retrospectively reviewed to identify the clinicopathologic correlates of recurrence-free survival (RFS) according to histologic grade. RESULTS Multivariate an...

SUMMARY: BACKGROUND: Metastases to the parotid and thyroid glands from breast cancer are rare and have a poor prognosis. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a patient with breast carcinoma and synchronous involvement of both the parotid and thyroid gland, and review the literature on this subject. CONCLUSION: Metastatic malignancy in clinically suspect thyroid and parotid nodules could be detec...

Warthin’s tumor, also known as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum or adenolymphoma, is the second most common benign tumor of the salivary glands. It arises exclusively in lower part of the parotid gland and affects mainly male in sixth or seventh decades of life. Studies have shown that there is a close association between Warthin’s tumor and cigarette smoking. Preoperative fine needle aspira...

Purpose To explore the distribution of node spread from lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma (LELC) of the parotid gland based on the 2013 updated guidelines for neck node levels. Results 42 (58.3%) cases had metastatic nodes, all were localized at the ipsilateral neck. The detailed distribution was: level Ia 0, level Ib 6(14.3%), level II 34 (80.1%), level III 16 (38.1%), level IV 9 (21.4%), leve...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluates the interobserver variation in parotid gland delineation and its impact on intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) solutions. METHODS The CT volumetric data sets of 10 patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who had been treated with parotid-sparing IMRT were used. Four radiation oncologists and three radiologists delineated the parotid gland that h...

The occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm (SMN) in patients who have been submitted to kidney transplantation is increasing and causes concern; parotid carcinoma is rarely reported after transplantation and may be related to long-term chemotherapy.Salivary gland carcinomas displaying exclusively myoepithelial differentiation-myoepithelial carcinomas (EMC) are rare, being less than 1% of all...