Histopathological Study of Salivary Gland  Lesions

Dr. Ankur N. Sarvaiya; Dr.Hinal K Gajjar; Dr.Sahil I. Panjvani; Dr.N.R.Shah

Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

Histopathological Study of Salivary Gland Lesions

Dr. Ankur N. Sarvaiya, Dr. Hinal K Gajjar, Dr. Sahil I. Panjvani, Dr. N. R. Shah

Abstract :

Introduction: Salivary gland tumors are a morphologically and clinically diverse group of neoplasms, which may present significant diagnostic and management challenges. Aims: To study occurrence, age, sex and site distribution of various salivary gland lesions and compare with findings of other workers. Methods and Material: The material required for the study was collected from January 2010 to December 2012 from the department of pathology, N.H.L.Municipal medical college, Ahmedabad for 3 years. Results: Of the total 60 cases, 21 were diagnosed as non neoplastic lesions and 39 as neoplastic lesions of which 24 were benign and 15 were malignant. Among the all salivary gland lesions, pleomorphic adenoma is commonest, and comprises of 30% of all lesions. Of the non neoplastic lesions, sialadenitis is commonest and of malignant neoplastic lesions mucoepidermoid carcinoma is more frequent. Conclusions: Histopathological examination of salivary gland lesions is the most important method in differential diagnosis of non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions and in establishing the final diagnosis.