Clinicopathological study of salivary gland disorders in a tertiary care hospital, Lahore

Autor:	Urfa Shafi, Nausheen Henna, Farooq Aziz, Shehzad Ahmed Fakhr, Uzma Aslam, Tayyaba Rashid
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Internal medicine Medicine Salivary Gland Disorder Tertiary care hospital business
Zdroj:	The Professional Medical Journal. 28:1557-1560
ISSN:	2071-7733 1024-8919
DOI:	10.29309/tpmj/2021.28.11.6269
Popis:	Objective: To describe the demographic and histological features of salivary gland pathologies at tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Retrospective Descriptive. Setting: Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences, Lahore. Period: February 2012 to February 2017. Material & Method: 17548 surgical specimens were received during this period. Among these, 50 cases were diagnosed as salivary gland disorders. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS version 22. Results: 50 cases were diagnosed as salivary gland disorders out of 17548 surgical resections. Salivary gland disorders were divided into non-neoplastic group (n= 15) and neoplastic group (n = 35), which was further divided into: (i) Benign tumors, (n= 26) and (ii) Malignant tumors, (n= 9). Conclusion: Salivary gland disorders are rare diseases to be encountered clinically. Chronic sialadenitis among non-neoplastic disorders, pleomorphic adenoma among benign tumor and mucoepidermoid carcinoma among malignant tumors were the commonest.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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