title: [Medium-malignancy tumors of the parotid gland].
abstract: Among the 437 parotidectomies performed from 1966 to 1989, we observed 2 acinar-cell tumors and 11 mucoepidermoid carcinomas, ie. 3%. The acinar-cell tumors occurred in 2 men aged 45 and 71. A conservative complete parotidectomy was performed in both cases with a 6 and 7-year survival without local recurrence. The mucoepidermoid tumors affected 4 women and 7 men. The clinical appearance in 2 cases was highly suggestive of a malignant tumor, the picture including facial palsy, fixed gaze and adenopathy. In spite of excision completed by radiation therapy, the outcome soon was unfavorable. In the other 9 patients presenting with a limited tumor of the parotid gland, the facial nerve had to be partly sacrificed in 2 cases because no dissection was possible even under a microscope. The prognosis was generally favorable in the limited forms with 6/6 patients alive at more than 5 years and 3 patients alive at 3 years, 2 years and 1 year. Postoperative radiation therapy was not performed systematically, but only in 2/3 of cases (ill-delineated or ill-differentiated tumor).
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, CHU Lille.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Piquet
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thill
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecomte Houcke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Tumeurs à malignité intermédiaire de la parotide.