Abstract
Between October 1979 and September 1994, 160 cases of major salivary gland tumors were treated surgically in the Department of Otolaryngology, Kagoshima University. Of 160 tumors, 145 arose from the parotid gland, 15 tumors arose from the submandibular gland but no tumors arose from the sublingual gland. Tumors were classified according to the classifications of the World Health Organization. Incidence, gender, age, pathological diagnosis, symptoms, effectiveness of preoperative examinations were studied and discussed. Among 160 tumors, the number of adenolymphoma in the parotid gland were higher than previous reports. Also a rare case of myoepithelioma associated with adenoid cystic carcinoma in the same parotid gland is reported.
