Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Salivary Glands for Sjogren's Syndrome: Diagnostic and Monitoring Insights
Published on: October 13, 2023
[Tumoral pathology of salivary glands. Our experience]
María Teresa Lahoz Zamarro1, Agustín Galve Royo, Fernando Galve Royo
1Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Obispo Polanco, Teruel, Spain.
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 ten 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 epidermoid carcinoma (54%) followed by lymphomas (25%) were the most frequent among malignant tumours.
Conclusions:
We have found two 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.
