BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience in the diagnostic approach to inflamed benign tumors of the parotid gland at a single tertiary center. METHODS A retrospective evaluation was carried out for all patients with signs of inflammation in the parotid gland on the ground of a benign parotid tumor, as confirmed by permanent histology. RESULTS Sixteen patients wer...

OBJECTIVE To test the validity of the reported high incidence (50%) of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland, and to compare it with that of the parotid gland. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of major salivary gland neoplasms in 127 patients who were treated between August 1988 and December 2004 (15 1/2 years) at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria. RESULTS All but 1 ...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common epithelial malignancies in the head and neck region with a marked racial predilection in Southern Chinese, which metastasize to parotid gland, and it is extremely rare. In these populations, it is usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The existence of EBV in tumor cells, aberrant type of antibodies against EBV antigens in pati...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to clarify the diagnostic value of susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) for distinguishing malignant from benign parotid gland lesions by Magnetic Resonance. Methods: This research prospectively collected the preoperative SWI findings of 41 patients including 12 malignant and 29 benign parotid gland lesions which were confirmed by surgical pathology lat...

The authors investigated the association between cellular phone use and epithelial parotid gland malignancy. The subjects were 136 cases who were treated for this condition at the authors' hospital from January 1993 to March 2010, and 2051 controls who did not have salivary gland tumours and were admitted to the oral and maxillofacial surgery department during the same period. Logistic analysis...

BACKGROUND Dysgenetic polycystic salivary gland disease is a rare pathology. No case of minor salivary gland involvement has been reported in the literature. METHODS A female patient presented with bilateral tumors of the parotid glands, bilateral submandibular gland enlargement, and multiple cystic lesions of the oral mucosa. MRI of the neck was performed along with fine-needle aspiration (F...

Warthin's tumor is a benign salivary gland tumor of the parotid gland. Although bilateral or multicentric involvement of the parotid gland is common, extraparotid involvement is seen rarely. The nasopharynx is an unusual region for extraparotid involvement. In this article, we present a 52-year-old male case with a synchronized Warthin's tumor in the bilateral parotid gland and nasopharynx, and...

INTRODUCTION Benign tumours of the parotid gland constitute about 80% of parotid tumours. The most common benign tumour of the parotid gland is pleomorphic adenoma. Other conditions, like Kimura's disease, may mimic a tumour when they present as a parotid mass. Various modes of treatment have been advocated for the treatment of benign parotid lesions, ranging from enucleation to near-total paro...

Fig. 2 Conflict interest statement The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to the publication of this article. Hemangioma, also known as hemangioendothelioma, is the most common parotid gland tumor in childhood. Girls are affected 3 times more frequently than boys [1]. They are usually not noticed in the newborn period but become prominent in the first months of life [2]. The...