Clinical study of parotid tumors

Abstract

We studied 27 cases of parotid tumors, which are the most common of the great slivary gland tumors. Many parotid tumors are benign pleomorphic adenoma, although some show a tendency for recurrence or malignancy, and have various clinical and pathologic presentations. As a result, their diagnosis and therapy presant many problems. We found that a few of the cases could not be accurately diagnosed by either sialograms, echograms or scintigrams. Removal of the mandible was done with the parotid surgery in three of the cases, and five required pathologic follow-up.