What is Salivary Gland Tumors?
The only current treatment for all benign salivary gland tumors is surgical removal. The surgery to be performed to treat the tumor will vary depending on the location of the tumor in the salivary glands, mouth, pharynx or neck.
To explain with examples;
The treatment of Pleomorphic Adenoma or Warthin Tumor located in the superficial lobe of the parotid gland is to remove the tumor along with the surrounding healthy parotid gland superficial tissues.
What needs to be done in a tumor located in the deep lobe of the parotid gland is to first remove the superficial lobe of the gland, expose the facial nerve and its branches, and then remove the tumor deep in these structures without damaging them.
In the treatment of a benign tumor located in the parapharyngeal region, what needs to be done is to reach that area with an incision in the neck and remove the entire tumor.
The treatment of pleomorphic adenoma tumor originating from the submandibular salivary gland is to completely remove that salivary gland along with the tumor. In other words, when it comes to the submandibular salivary gland, the entire gland is often removed along with the tumor.
A pleomorphic adenoma tumor located in the palate is treated by completely removing it along with some healthy tissue around the tumor.
If the tumor has been completely removed and the pathology examination shows that the tumor is benign, no further treatment will be needed. In other words, methods such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy have no place in the treatment of benign tumors.
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Kenan Selçuk TUNCAY
Otolaryngologist