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Salivary Gland Tumor: A Review of 599 Cases in a Brazilian Population

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Salivary gland tumors consist of a group of heterogeneous lesions with complex clinicopathological characteristics and distinct biological behaviors. Worldwide series show a contrast in the relative incidence of salivary gland tumors, with some discrepancies in clinicopathological data. The main aim of this study was to describe demographic characteristics of 599 cases in a population from Central Brazil over a 10-year period and compare these with other epidemiological studies. Benign tumors represented 78.3% of the cases. Women were the most affected (61%) and the male:female ratio was 1:1.6. Parotid gland tumors were the most frequent (68.5% of cases) and patient age ranged from 1 to 88 years-old (median of 45 years old). The most frequent tumors were pleomorphic adenomas (68.4%) and benign tumors were significantly more frequent in the parotid (75.9%), while malignant tumors were more frequent in the minor salivary glands (40%) (P < 0.05). In conclusion, women and the parotid gland were the most affected and pleomorphic adenoma was the most frequent lesion, followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma and Warthin’s tumor.

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The authors would like to thank FAPEG, FUNAPE, CAPES, CNPq, FO/UFG and IPTSP/UFG for their financial support. The authors are also grateful to Lynne S. P. Brito for her technical support.

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  1. Sector of General Pathology, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública of the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia-GO, Brazil

    Flávia Aparecida de Oliveira & Eliza Carla Barroso Duarte

  2. Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia-GO, Brazil

    Cláudia Teixeira Taveira, Aline Abreu Máximo, Érica Carvalho de Aquino & Eneida Franco Vencio

  3. Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital Araújo Jorge, Goiânia-GO, Brazil

    Rita de Cássia Alencar

  4. Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Praça Universitária, s/n, 74605-220, Goiânia-GO, Brazil

    Eneida Franco Vencio

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de Oliveira, F.A., Duarte, E.C.B., Taveira, C.T. et al. Salivary Gland Tumor: A Review of 599 Cases in a Brazilian Population. Head and Neck Pathol 3, 271–275 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-009-0139-9

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