Salivary Gland Neoplasms – An Institutional Experience

Abstract

Salivary gland tumours most often present as painless enlarging masses. Most are located in the parotid glands and most are benign. The principal hurdle in their management lies in the difculty in distinguishing benign from malignant tumours. Investigations such as ne needle aspiration cytology and MRI scans provide some useful information, but most cases will require surgical excision as a means of coming to a denitive diagnosis. Benign tumours and early low-grade malignancies can be adequately treated with surgery alone, while more advanced and high-grade tumours with regional lymph node metastasis will require postoperative radiotherapy. The role of chemotherapy remains largely palliative. This paper aims to study the clinico-epidemiological pattern, histological subtypes, management and postoperative complications of salivary gland neoplasms