Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

PAROTID SWELLINGS : MY EXPERIENCE IN RURAL SET-UP

Dr Irfan Ul Shamas, Dr Waqar Hamid

Abstract :

Objective: To find out the different types of Parotid swellings in our setup and their prevalence in different age groups.

Design & Duration: Observational cross sectional study from March 2015 to March 2017.

Setting: District Hospital Pulwama.

Methodology: The detailed data of the patients was collected and analyzed.

Results: A total of 27 patients, 16 males and 11 females, with ages ranging from 16 to 82 years were included in the study. Most of the patients were in the third and fourth decade of life. Pleomorphic adenoma was the commonestbenign tumour with an incidence of 59.25% while Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma with an incidence of 11.11% was themost common malignant tumour.

Conclusion: Parotid gland is the principal site of salivary gland tumours. Males are affected more and Pleomorphicadenoma is the most common benign and Mucoepidermoid carcinoma the most common malignant tumour.

Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex  

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Dr Irfan Ul Shamas, Dr Waqar Hamid, PAROTID SWELLINGS : MY EXPERIENCE IN RURAL SET-UP, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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