Table 1.
Distribution of malignant salivary gland neoplasms according to patient age and gender, histological diagnosis, clinical symptoms, duration of the lesions, clinical impression, and biopsy type
| Case | Age | Gender | Diagnosis | Clinical symptoms* | Duration | Clinical impression | Biopsy type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 1 year | Salivary gland neoplasm | Excisional |
| 2 | 89 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 40 years | Adenoma | Excisional |
| 3 | 40 | M | MEC, intermediate grade | - | Years | PGCG** | Excisional |
| 4 | 11 | F | MEC, low grade | - | Years | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 5 | 71 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 5 years | Hodgkin lymphoma | Excisional |
| 6 | 52 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 1 year | Sialadenitis | Excisional |
| 7 | 69 | F | MEC | - | 1 month | Fibroma | Excisional |
| 8 | 74 | F | MEC, low grade | - | Months | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 9 | 72 | M | MEC, high grade | +, Trismus | 3 weeks | Fibroma | Excisional |
| 10 | 43 | F | MEC, intermediate grade | + | 3 months | Salivary gland neoplasm | Incisional |
| 11 | 81 | M | MEC, low grade | - | 6 months | Lipoma | Excisional |
| 12 | 36 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 7 years | Fibroma | Excisional |
| 13 | 75 | M | MEC, low grade | + | 2 years | Salivary gland neoplasm | Excisional |
| 14 | 35 | F | MEC, low grade | - | Unknown | Not specified | Excisional |
| 15 | 80 | F | MEC, low grade | - | Years | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 16 | 47 | M | SC | - | Years | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 17 | 68 | F | MEC, low grade | - | Unknown | Lipoma | Excisional |
| 18 | 51 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 2 months | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 19 | 70 | F | MEC, low grade | + | Months | Sebaceous cyst | Excisional |
| 20 | 88 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 1 week | Sialolith | Incisional |
| 21 | 51 | F | MEC, intermediate grade | - | Years | Not specified | Excisional |
| 22 | 67 | F | MEC, intermediate grade | + | 1 year | Salivary gland neoplasm | Excisional |
| 23 | 50 | M | MEC, intermediate grade | - | 5 years | Salivary gland neoplasm | Incisional |
| 24 | 38 | F | MEC, intermediate grade | + | Unknown | Adenoma | Excisional |
| 25 | 74 | F | MEC | - | Unknown | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 26 | 50 | M | ACNOS | - | 2 months | Not specified | Incisional |
| 27 | 78 | F | MEC, low grade | - | 3 months | Salivary gland neoplasm | Excisional |
| 28 | 41 | F | MEC, intermediate grade | - | Unknown | Mucocele | Excisional |
| 29 | 55 | F | ACC | + | 2 months | Lymphoid hyperplasia | Excisional |
Clinical Symptoms*; Presence of Pain: yes +, no –, PGCG**: peripheral giant cell granuloma
MEC mucoepidermoid carcinoma, SC secretory carcinoma, ACNOS adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified, ACC adenoid cystic carcinoma