Salivary gland tumors in Veracruz. Experience of two institutions

The aim of this paper was to know the epidemiological characteristics of the salivary gland tumors in a Mexican population.

A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was performed. All cases of salivary gland tumor were collected in a period of 5 years (2009-2014) in two hospitals of our State, the Hospital General de Veracruz and the Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad y Hospital de Especialidades No. 14, with the study of variables like: age, gender, location, biological behavior and histological type. The series studied included a total of 79 cases.

51% (40 cases) corresponded to female patients, the average age was 52.13 years (range of 14 to 87 years). The most frequent location of neoplasia was in the parotid gland (72%). The most frequent benign neoplasms were the pleomorphic adenoma and Warthin's tumor. The most frequent malignancy was cystic adenoid carcinoma, followed by moderately differentiated carcinoma.

Our results are similar to those previously reported in Mexico. The main neoplasms were the pleomorphic adenoma as a benign tumor and as malignant tumors the adenoid cystic carcinoma and the moderately differentiated carcinoma.