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Forty four cases with parotid gland tumors, treated during the past ten years in our clinic, were reported. They were reviewed according to sex and age distributions, clinical history, symptoms, diagnostic procedures, therapeutic methods, and prognosis. Among the 44 cases, 31 were benign and 13 malignant. Eighty percent of the benign tumors were the pleomorphic adenoma (25 cases). The vast majority of them were the female patients. Parotid gland tumors can be classified into the various types besides benign or malignant. Spontaneous pain, tenderness and facial palsy were found to accompany only malignant tumor, and therefore are very useful in preoperative diagnosis for malignancy. Sialo graphy, scintigraphy, computed tomography and ultrasonics are also useful for preoper ative diagnosis. Combined treatment with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and im munotherapy was indispensable to the management of malignant tumors.
