TITLE:
Tumours of salivary glands in the stomatology and maxillo-facial surgery unit at the university hospital centre —Yalgado Ouédraogo
AUTHORS:
Mathieu Millogo, Tarcissus Konsem, Haréfétéguén Bissa, Rasmané Béogo, Dieudonné Ouédraogo
KEYWORDS:
Tumours; Salivary Glands; Epidemiology; Histology; Treatment
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.3 No.9,
December
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to contribute to strengthening the efficiency in the treatment of the salivary gland tumours in the Stomatology
and Maxillo-facial surgery service at the University Hospital Centre/Yalgado OUEDRAOGO
of Ouagadougou. It has been a retrospective and descriptive study covering seven
(7) years [January 2006-December 2012] on epidemiology and the treatment of 54
cases of the salivary glands tumours histologically confirmed. Benign tumours (non-malignant tumours were prevalent (61.11% of cases). The annual incidences were 4.71 cases for non malignant tumours
and 3 cases for malignant tumours. The average age was 34-45 years for non malignant
tumours and 44-33 years for malignant ones. In both groups, the tumour was discovered
lately with an average 32-48 months before consulting in case of non malignant tumours and 18-29 months for malignant tumours. The location of non malignant tumours was very often
the parotid (42.42%), under mandible gland (27.28%). Malignant tumours very often
concerned the parotid (76.18%) and the under mandible gland (14.29%). The histology
has revealed that pleomorphic adenoma was the leading type of non-malignant tumours
(93.94% of cases) whereas carcinoma was predominant in malignant tumours (80.95%
of cases). Long term track keeping was difficult and it has been complicated by
the loss of contact with some patients. The low living standard, the time wasted
before consulting, limited human resources and therapeutic means constitute handicaps
to the treatment in our African context.