Authors : Fatemeh Rezaei, Payam Tavakoli, Hamid Reza Mozaffari and Masud Azari
Abstract: The aim of the study was-determine the frequency and type of benign and malignant salivary gland tumors of patients referred-pathology departments of hospitals located in Kermanshah, Iran between 2007 and 2012.In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all medical records available in the pathology departments of Taleghani, Imam Khomeini, Imam Reza, Farabi and Bisotoon hospitals were reviewed. The records of patients with salivary gland tumors were extracted. The required data were extracted and entered into a checklist. The checklist included information such as age, gender and characteristics of the tumor such as its histopathologic type and location. The data were analyzed by SPSS (ver. 15.0) using the Chi-squared test and student’s t-test. A total of 6,338 records were reviewed, of which 1.07% had salivary gland tumors. About 62% of the tumors were seen in men. Mean ages of patients with benign and malignant tumors were respectively 44 and 57 years. The most common location of the tumors was parotid gland (55.9%). About 62% of the tumors were benign and 38% was malignant. About 75% of the tumors were located in major salivary glands and 25% were located in minor salivary glands. Salivary gland tumors were more common in men in their fifth or sixth decades of life. Benign tumors were more common than malignant tumors and the most common location was the parotid gland.
Fatemeh Rezaei, Payam Tavakoli, Hamid Reza Mozaffari and Masud Azari, 2016. Prevalence of Salivary Gland Tumors in Patients Referred-Pathology Departments of Kermanshah Hospitals, Iran, 2007-2012. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 487-491.