title: Pediatric parotid tumors: clinical review of 24 cases in a Chinese population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the incidence, types, and treatment outcomes of pediatric parotid tumors in Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pediatric salivary gland tumors treated at Stomatolgy Hospital, of Wuhan University, from 1990 to 2010, were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and two patients 18 years old or younger were diagnosed as parotid mass, of which 24 (23.5%) were parotid tumors. Of these patients, 11 (45.8%) were benign and 13 (54.2%) malignant. Hemangioma was the most frequent no-epithelial tumor. The most common benign epithelial tumor was pleomorphic adenoma (63.6%), and the most common malignant epithelial tumor was mucoepidermoid carcinoma (38.5%), with both of them showing a female to male predominance. The most common treatment was parotidectomy (83.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although pediatric parotid masses are unusual, they can represent a variety of pathological diagnoses, including malignancy. The intralesional injection can treat parotid hemangiomas in pediatric population effectively. Parotidectomy remains the mainstay treatment for both pediatric parotid gland benign and malignancies of epithelial cell origin. Adjuvant radiotherapy should be used judiciously in pediatric patients due to the higher risk of post-irradiation complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-Feng
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies