[Salivary tumors in the material of the Otolaryngology Clinical Ward of 4th Military Clinical Hospital with the Polyclinic in Wrocław in the years 1992- 2008].

AIM: The aim of the study is the analyses of salivary gland tumors on 193 patients who underwent surgery at the Otolaryngology Clinical Ward of 4th Military Clinical Hospital with the Polyclinic in Wroclaw in the years 1992-2008. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In the group of patients with salivary gland tumors, which were analysed, there were 106 woman (54.9%) and 87 men (45.1%). The following data: age, sex, time between appearing first symptoms and operation, objective and subjective symptom, the kind of the executed operation and the result of histopathological examination were taken into account in this study. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Tumors located in 48.7% in parotid gland, 49.7% in submandibular salivary gland and 1.6% in hypoglossal salivary gland. Tumor--like lesions constituted 56%, adenoma 38.9% and malignat tumors 4.7% of all glands tumors. Tumors salivary glands both benign and malignat occur at women about the average age of 50.9 more often. Pleomorphic adenoma was the most common neoplasm. Tumors located in parotid salivary glands are often on the left side.