Tumours of salivary tissue

Abstract

A clinical study of 401 cases of tumour of salivary tissue has been made and the results reported, together with a review of the literature. The histological variations of such tumours are classified and discussed.

Primary salivary gland tumors. A report of 703 cases.

“…Although there were slight differences in sex distribution for individual tumors, only monomorphic adenomas (almost all being adenolymphomas) showed a marked preponderance (85%) in male patients. This finding is in agreement with that of THACKRAY and LUCKAS [12], who reported a sex ratio of 1 : 5 for adenolymphomas, but is contrary to both CAMERoN's [10] own data and his review of the literature.…”

“…FITZPATRICK and BLACK [2], CHAUDRY et a1. [7], CAMERON [10] and GORE et al J111 stated that malignant tumors are more frequent in men than in women. In our series, 10% of the female and 25% of the male patients had malignant tumors.…”

“…The second most common location in our series was the palate, 18.5% (131) of all cases being observed in this location. Most of the previously reported series [2,8,10,11] cite the submandibular gland as the second most common location. Only DAVIES et al [61 in their work on Ugandans found submandibular and palatal glands to be equally involved.…”

Malignant mixed tumors arising in salivary glands.I. Carcinomas arising in benign mixed tumors: A clinicopathologic study

“…A BMT was recognized in all 47 cases (Figs. 2, 3, [5][6][7][8]11). These areas consisted of nests, cords, and tubules of uniform benign appearing epithelial cells and also demonstrated a myxoid, chondroid, or hyalinized stroma.…”

“…The malignant areas showed anaplasia of the epithelial cells, consisting of reversed nuclearcytoplasmic ratios, hyperchromatic nuclei and prominent nucleoli (Figs. [3][4][5][6][7][9][10][11][12]. Mitoses were found, but in general were not numerous ( Fig.…”