title: Parotid swellings: report of 110 consecutive cases.
abstract: Parotid swellings are uncommon. Over a twelve-year period, 110 cases of parotid swellings were treated at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, of which 97 cases were histologically proven to be parotid tumours. 75% of these tumours were benign tumours, and 80% of the benign tumours were pleomorphic adenomas. Among the malignant tumours, 6 cases were adenoid cystic carcinoma and 5 were carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma. There were equal number of male to female patients, with an age range of 14 to 83 years. There is a positive correlation between the final histological diagnosis and FNAC results in 74% of cases. Surgical treatment of choice for benign parotid tumours was near-total parotidectomy whilst for malignant tumours was total radical parotidectomy with sural nerve graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Arshad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000209:etiology