Background: Leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor that represents 5–7 % of all soft tissue sarcomas. The occurrence of this tumor in the salivary glands is exceptional. Only five ...

The major salivary glands (i.e., parotid, submandibular, sublingual) are affected 80%-85% of the time. Approximately 64% to 80% of all salivary gland tumors occur in the parotid gland.

Submandibular gland excision The submandibular glands are just below the jaw. Important nerves nearby help control smiling, tongue sensation, speech, and swallowing, and surgeons take care to ...

Senior author Bryan C. Mendelson, FRCSE, FRACS, FACS, MD, performed submandibular gland reduction on 112 of 736 consecutive facelifts between 2002 and 2013, for an incidence of 13% News News ...

Approximately 75% of parotid gland tumors are benign, but less than half of submandibular tumors are benign. Most neoplasms of the minor salivary glands are malignant.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 24 - While the published literature on surgical management of sialorrhea is generally of low quality, nearly all of the studies show that most patients experience a ...

The parotid gland has a complex anatomy that requires an experienced eye and a trained hand for dissection. ... which suggested a benign tumour that required only an adequate resection.

The occurrence of stones within the salivary glands (sialolithiasis) involves the submandibular and parotid glands with the majority (up to 90%) in the submandibular gland. Usually stones are ...

Local resection with radiotherapy has comparable results with cranio-orbital resection in terms of tumor recurrence and survival rate in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma. Therefore, this ...

Approximately 85% of tumors occur in the parotid gland. Acinic cell adenocarcinoma typically presents as a solitary and unfixed mass that may appear bluish. Up to 3% of cases appear bilaterally.