Prevalence of Salivary Gland Tumors and Salivary Gland Diseases in Haryana Population – A clinicopathological study

Salivary gland tumors are rare neoplasms accounting for 3 – 10% of all head and neck tumors. Salivary gland diseases are related to many causes. The most common are sialadenitis, sialolithiasis, cystic lesions and sialadenosis. Data of Salivary gland tumors and diseases diagnosed during 2008 to 2020 were collected from the archival files of the Oral Pathology Department for this research. We found that malignant tumors were more common than benign tumors. Pleomorphic adenoma and Mucoepidermoid carcinoma were the most common benign and malignant tumors reported in the study. Salivary gland diseases are more common as compared to tumors and mucocele was the most common among the diseases.