SALIVARY GLAND TUMOURS;

Objectives: The objective of the study was to find the frequency of salivarygland tumours. Study Design: A descriptive study. Period: 1st Jan 2008 to 31st Dec 2010 (of 3years duration). Setting: ENT department Khyber Teaching Hospital and Surgical departmentHayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Material and methods: Total number of 108 patientshaving salivary gland tumours enrolled from admitted patients in ENT department KhyberTeaching Hospital and Surgical department Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. Thestudy was designed to find the frequency of salivary gland tumours. Results: In our studymost of the patients were having benign tumours (80.6%) with malignant counterpart in about19.4%. Overall the most common tumour was pleomorphic adenoma about 71.3% followed byMucoepidermoid 6.5%, adenoid cystic carcinoma 4.6% and Warthin’s tumour 4.6%. The mostcommonly involved salivary gland is parotid gland about 78.7% (85/108) with pleomorphicadenoma being the most common benign tumour and Mucoepidermoid the malignant variety.In submandibular gland/ sublingual glands the most common was pleomorphic adenomaand in minor salivary gland majority were malignant. Conclusion: Most of the salivary glandtumours are benign with majority of them are pleomorphic adenomas and parotid gland is themost common involved salivary gland.