ABSTRACT
Objective: to analyze the clinicopathological aspects of benign salivary gland tumors. Materials and Methods: This descriptive case series study was carried out from Jan 2003 to Dec 2009 at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi, [Pakistan]. All cases of benign salivary gland tumors were reviewed and their diagnoses were reconfirmed. The data regarding all the major and minor salivary gland tumor was analyzed using computer soft ware program SPSS [version 17]. The descriptive statistics and frequency was calculated for type of tumors, age, gender, site and size. Association of these parameters with the type of tumor was calculated by using chi square test. Results: the most common histological tumor type found was pleomorphic adenoma, followed by Myoepithelioma. All these cases presented between 12 and 85 years of age [mean 39.7 +- 16.91] mostly in the 3rd and 4th decades of life with 48.7% males and 51.3% females respectively. The most frequent site involved by these tumors were parotid gland [66.5%]. Submandibular gland, minor salivary glands of palate and lip were the other sites involved, but none of the tumor was found in sublingual gland. The tumor size ranged between 0.4 to 18 cm with maximum variation in Pleomorphic adenoma and myoepithelioma. Conclusion: benign salivary gland neoplasm are more common than their malignant counterparts. They occur mostly in 3rd and 4th decade. Parotid gland is the most common site and pleomorphic adenoma remains the most common bengin salivary gland neoplasm followed by myoepithelioma.