Tumors of the Major Salivary Glands in Children

Shikhani, Alain H.; Johns, Michael E.

doi:10.1002/j.1930-2398.1988.tb00009.x

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“…From the Johns Hopkins series [4] , age at time of diagnosis ranged from 1 to 20 years old, with an average of 14.7 years. Average time from detection of mass to seeking medical attention was 21 months.…”

Section: Pleomorphic Adenomamentioning

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Paediatric Salivary Gland Epithelial Neoplasms

Bradley

McClelland

Mehta

2007

ORL

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Salivary gland epithelial neoplasms in children are rare. Clinicians of all disciplines need to have a high level of suspicion when a non-inflammatory single mass lesion presents in the parotid or submandibular glands. There is high likelihood of malignancy when such a mass presents. Surgery is the primary treatment of choice in the majority of cases, with the addition of adjuvant radiotherapy ± chemotherapy when the diagnosis is a high-grade tumour and/or when the malignancy presents as a large mass or is associated with local tissue invasion. Minor salivary gland neoplasms also present, the oral cavity is most frequent, with pleomorphic adenoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma being most common, other malignant neoplasms have been reported in other sites.

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Section: Pleomorphic Adenomamentioning

confidence: 99%

Paediatric Salivary Gland Epithelial Neoplasms

Bradley

McClelland

Mehta

2007

ORL

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“…The enucleation or local excision for parotid gland tumor had been previously performed in children; however, the recurrent rates were very high [2]. Recently the superficial parotidectomy or the total parotidectomy has been a standard operation for parotid gland tumors, resulting in that the recurrence significantly decreased.…”

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“…In addition, salivary neoplasms account for less than 10% of all pediatric head and neck tumors [1]. A large collective study including 472 pediatric cases of salivary gland neoplasms has demonstrated that the ratio of malignancy in salivary gland tumors in children was higher (49%), which was much higher than that in adults (15-25%) [2]. The benign neoplasms of parotid glands in children are mostly pleomorphic adenoma [3,4]; however, few pediatric case with Warthin tumor has been reported in English literature [5].…”

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Pediatric Warthin Tumor of Parotid Gland

Aoki¹

2014

Int J Clin Pediatr

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The benign neoplasms of parotid glands in children are mostly pleomorphic adenoma and Warthin tumor is extremely rare. The differential diagnosis of Warthin tumor from mucoepidermoid carcinoma in pediatric cases before the surgery is often difficult and it is not easy to determine the surgical design. We reported an 8-yearold girl with Warthin tumor in left parotid gland. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the mass revealed comparatively lower value of the apparent diffusion coefficient value, which suspected the Warthin tumor. She therefore underwent superficial parotidectomy via modified facelift incision. She has never suffered from facial palsy and Frey syndrome for 2 years after the surgery and the cosmetic result was satisfactory. It suggests that precise preoperative diagnosis is important because the surgery for pediatric cases with parotid gland neoplasm should be designed to remove the tumor completely with an adequate margin.

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“…However, the most common malignant salivary gland tumor in children is mucoepidermoid carcinoma, which occurs mainly in older children and young people, but is also a problem in children under 10 [6]. Other malignant salivary gland tumors are adenoid cystic carcinoma, non-differentiated carcinoma, cancer originating from alveolar cells and sarcoma [7]. The paper presents two examples of the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis of parotid salivary gland tumors in children.…”

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Parotid gland tumors in children – pre- and postoperative diagnostic difficulties

Zieliński

Kobos²,

Zakrzewska³

2014

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Major salivary gland tumors are very rare in the developmental period. Confirming tumor changes in the salivary gland requires precise diagnostic imaging involving an ultrasonography scan, computed tomography and magnetic resonance. Needle aspiration biopsy (NAB) of the tumor is of high importance. Excision is the basic treatment method in cases of parotid gland tumor. The statistical data concerning tumors favor less invasive methods, which seems logical in the population of children. The surgical methods used in tumor treatment feature extracapsular excision of tumor, partial parotidectomy and total parotidectomy, sometimes followed by lymphatic node surgery. The clinical cases presented in the paper show difficulties with pre-and postoperative histopathological diagnosis in major salivary gland tumors in children. A core biopsy of the tumor may improve the accuracy of preoperative diagnosis but it does not exclude the possibility of misdiagnosis.

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Tumors of the Major Salivary Glands in Children

Cited by 89 publications

References 28 publications

Paediatric Salivary Gland Epithelial Neoplasms

Paediatric Salivary Gland Epithelial Neoplasms

Pediatric Warthin Tumor of Parotid Gland

Parotid gland tumors in children – pre- and postoperative diagnostic difficulties

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