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...

Salivary gland tumors are relatively uncommon and account for approximately 3-6% of all neoplasms of the head and neck. Tumors mostly involve the major salivary glands, 42.9-90% of which occur in the parotid glands and 8-19.5% in the sub-mandibular glands; tumors in the sub-lingual glands being uncommon. Despite the plethora of different malignant salivary gland tumor presented to pathologists ...

Salivary gland tumors are relatively rare neoplasms, mostly located in the parotid gland, and few are malignant. Preoperative evaluation of salivary gland tumors includes fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of FNAC in the evaluation of rare salivary gland neoplasms. MATERIAL AND METHODS Four cases of rare salivary gland...

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...

Background: Salivary gland tumours are relatively uncommon and constitute 3% to 10% of all head & neck neoplasms. The majority salivary arise in the parotid gland.
 Objectives: To search clinicopathological presentation tumours.
 Methods: This was a cross sectional study.
 Results: highest incidence benign tumors 3rd 4th decade, whereas for malignant tumor it 5thdecade life. ...

In the article by Francisco J. García-Purriños (from Hospital del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain), the ‘‘Material and Methods’’ section reads ‘‘From the anatomical pathology records, we selected all patients with definitive positive biopsy for benign tumour of the parotid gland, from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2005, to keep track of the evolution of patients for a minimum of 3 years. Of these, we ...

The clinical usefulness of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for the diagnosis of parotid gland lesions is controversial. Many accuracy studies have been published, but the literature has not been adequately summarized. We identified 64 studies on the diagnosis of malignancy (6,169 cases) and 7 studies on the diagnosis of neoplasia (795 cases). The diagnosis of neoplasia (area under the su...