The demographic and clinicopathological features of salivary gland tumors in Turkey

Year 2019, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, 450 - 455, 01.12.2019

Ayca Ant , Felat Toprak Arzubetul Duran Burcu Vural Caner Kilic , Tuncay Tunccan Samet Ozlugedik

https://doi.org/10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.528284

Abstract

Aim: Salivary gland tumors (SGTs) are rare neoplasms thus, the local records are valuable to obtain the epidemiological overview. This study aimed to determine the demographic and clinicopathological features of SGTs in our clinic and compare the findings with the studies from Turkey and all over the world.
Material and methods: The data of 185 patients who underwent surgery for SGT in The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of a tertiary referral center between 2012 and 2017 were studied retrospectively. The demographic and clinicopathological features of the patients were recorded.
Results: Among all patients with primary and secondary SGTs, the median age was 53 years, 54.6% of the patients were men. Patients with primary tumor constituted 96.8% of all cases. Malignancy rate was 14. Parotid gland was the most common location (90%). Nearly half of all primary tumors were diagnosed as pleomorphic adenoma (n=84, 46.9%). Mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most common malign neoplasm of the parotid gland. There were only six patients (3.2%) that had secondary SGT.
Conclusion: Pleomorphic adenoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma were the most common benign and malign pathologies, respectively. The lowest malignancy rate and the highest rate of warthin tumor of the existing literature were the most conspicuous findings of our study. Although the frequency of the secondary SGTs is low, the possibility of metastasis should be considered especially for the patients above 65 years of age.

Keywords

adenoma, pleomorphic, carcinoma, mucoepidermoid, neoplasm, parotid, salivary gland

Türkiye’de tükürük bezi tümörlerinin demografik ve klinikopatolojik özellikleri

Abstract

Amaç: Tükürük bezi tümörleri (TBT’ler) nadir görülen neoplazmlardır, bu nedenle lokal kayıtlar epidemiyolojik bir bakış açısı elde etmek için değerlidir. Bu çalışma, kliniğimizde opere edilen TBT’lerin demografik ve klinikopatolojik özelliklerini belirlemeyi ve bu bulgular ile Türkiye ve tüm dünyadaki çalışmaları karşılaştırmayı amaçlamıştır.
Gereç ve yöntemler: 2012 ve 2017 yılları arasında bir üçüncü basamak sağlık merkezinin Kulak Burun Boğaz ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi Kliniği’nde TBT nedeniyle opere edilen 185 hastanın verileri geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Hastaların demografik ve klinikopatolojik özellikleri kaydedildi.
Bulgular: Primer ve sekonder TBT’li tüm hastalar arasında median yaş 53, hastaların %54,6’sı erkekti. Primer tümörlü hastalar tüm vakaların %96,8’ini oluşturmaktaydı. Malignite oranı 14 idi. Parotis bezi en sık lokalizasyondu (%90). Tüm primer tümörlerin yaklaşık yarısına pleomorfik adenom tanısı kondu (n = 84, %46,9). Mukoepidermoid karsinom, parotis bezinin en sık görülen malign neoplazmı idi. Sekonder TBT’si olan sadece altı hasta (%3,2) vardı.
Sonuç: Pleomorfik adenom ve mukopidermoid karsinom sırasıyla en sık görülen benign ve malign patolojilerdir. Literatürdeki en düşük malignite oranı ve en yüksek warthin tümörü oranı çalışmamızın en çarpıcı bulgularıdır. İkincil TBT’lerin sıklığının düşük olmasına rağmen, özellikle 65 yaşın üzerindeki hastalarda metastaz olasılığı düşünülmelidir.

Keywords

adenom, pleomorfik, karsinom, mukoepidermoid, neoplazi, parotis, tükürük bezi

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