Clinical analysis of parotid gland tumor in children / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics and its diagnosis and treatment of the parotid gland tumor in children.METHODS The clinical data of 77 children with parotid gland tumor treated in Department of Head and Neck,Tianjin Cancer Hospital affiliated Tianjin Medical University from Dec.1985 to Dec.2007 were retrospectively studied.RESULTS Among the 77 cases,51 cases were benign tumor(66.2%),26 cases were malignant tumor(33.8%).Among the benign cases,hemangioma and lymphangioma were the most common diseases,which accounted for 37.3%(19/51).Mucoepidermoid carcinoma(34.6%, 9/26) was the most common malignancy.Sixty seven cases were treated surgically.Among 18 cases of the epithelial malignant tumors,7 cases treated combined with postoperative radiotherapy.During the period of following-up from 1 to 17 years,1 case of pleomorphic adenoma,1 case of malignant myoepithelioma and 1 case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma recurred. CONCLUSION The clinical and pathological features of parotid gland tumors in children were different from those in adults.The hemangioma,lymphangioma and teratoma are rare in adults but common in children.Half of the solid tumors of parotid gland in children are malignant,but only 23.7%in adults. The primary radical operation has great value to the prognosis of children parotid tumor.Although postoperative radiotherapy can reduce the risk of recurrence,oncogenesis in thyroid gland and the adverse effect on the orofacial development of radiotherapy in children need investigated clinically in future.