Clinical Study
Salivary Gland Tumors in Maxillofacial Region: A Retrospective Study of 130 Cases in a Southern Iranian Population
Table 1
Location and histological types of benign and malignant salivary glands tumors.
| | Tumor type | Number (%) | Major salivary gland | Minor salivary gland |
| | Pleomorphic adenoma | 227 (58) | 188 | 39 | | Warthins' tumor | 23 (6) | 23 | 0 | | Myoepithelioma | 12 (3) | 7 | 5 | | Basal-cell adenoma | 3 (0.7) | 3 | 0 | | Oncocytoma | 2 (0.6) | 2 | 0 | | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma | 30 (8) | 26 | 4 | | Adenoid cystic carcinoma | 50 (13) | 14 | 36 | | Adenocarcinoma NOS | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | | Acinic cell carcinoma | 6 (1.5) | 5 | 1 | | carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 2 | | Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma | 4 (1) | 4 | 0 | | salivary duct carcinoma | 2 (0.6) | 2 | 0 | | Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma | 2 (0.6) | 1 | 1 | | Basal-cell adenocarcinoma | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 2 | | Squamous cell carcinoma (Invasion from overlying skin) | 22 (5) | 22 | 0 |
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