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Treatment
of salivary gland tumors is still contraversial since their
histopathological structures are not uniformed. Tumors of salivary
glands constitute 3% of total body tumors and 80% and 10-15% of them are
originated from parotid and submandibular glands, respectively. Rest of
small percentages of salivary gland tumors are originated from
sublingual gland and minor salivary glands located in aerodigestive
region. In this study, we retrospectively examined files of 112 patients
who came our ENT clinic at Fırat University, Fırat Medical Center with
complications of masses in salivary glands. Distribution of origins of
112 salivary gland masses of parotid, submandibular and minor salivary
glands are 60 (57.3%), 45 (40.1%) and 7 (6.2%) respectively. Percentages
of benign cases of parotid, submandibular and minor salivary gland
masses were 83.3%, 86.6%, 42.8%, respectively. On the other hand, 16.6%
of parotid, 13.3% of submandibular gland and 57.1% of minor salivary
gland masses were malignant. In this study, we present analysis of
histopathological reports and treatment of 112 cases along with current
knowledge.
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