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1817120

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Seventy-one consecutive patients who presented with lumps in the parotid gland over an eight year period (1981-1989) were analysed. Two-thirds of the patients presented with a history of swelling for over one year, while a quarter (24%) had a parotid mass for over five years at initial referral. The pathology of these masses was diverse, with pleomorphic adenoma being the commonest (64%). Superficial parotidectomy was the commonest procedure employed (50/71) with local excision being performed only in the initial part of our series (15/71). There were five cases of permanent facial palsy, four following radical resection for malignancy. Tumour recurrence rate was 2/15 (13%) in cases treated by local excision while none of the 50 patients treated by superficial parotidectomy had tumour recurrence at a mean follow-up of five years. Only three patients developed Frey's Syndrome. It is recommended that increased community awareness of early referral of a parotid mass is necessary, as surgical treatment in the form of superficial parotidectomy, which is the ideal procedure for such lumps, carries minimal morbidity when performed by a surgeon with a special interest in parotid surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0332-3102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
An audit of surgery for seventy-one primary parotid tumours.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Adelaide Hospital, Dublin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article