[Mesenchymal (non-epithelial) salivary gland tumors. Analysis of 167 tumor cases of the salivary gland register].

The total material of the Salivary Gland Register (1965-1985) contained 167 mesenchymal tumours with an intra- or paraglandular localisation. This corresponds to 1.5% of all cases of the Salivary Gland Register or to 5% of all salivary gland tumours. Periglandular tumours without relation to the salivary gland tissue, metastatic tumours or malignant lymphomas were not considered in this study. With respect to the localisation, the age and sex distribution and the histopathological classification the following results were obtained: 90% of all mesenchymal tumours were localised in the parotid gland and 10% in the submandibular gland. In lipomas, the percentage of the parotid gland was even 95%; in lymphangiomas, however, it was only 80%. Angiomas occur preferably in the first and second decades and represent in this age period nearly 90% of all mesenchymal tumours. The age peak of lipomas lies in the fifth to sixth decades, whereas neurogenic tumours are distributed relatively equal over the fourth to seventh decades. A sex disposition was seen in lipomas (85% in males), neurinomas (65% in females) and neurofibromas (75% in males). 90% were benign mesenchymal tumours, 10% sarcomas. Within the benign tumours 47.5% were angiomas, 22.5% lipomas, 16% neurogenic tumours and 4% rare benign tumours. In angiomas (79 cases) haemangiomas (50 cases), lymphangiomas (17 cases), mixed haemangiomas and lymphangiomas (9 cases) and haemangiopericytomas (3 cases) could be seen, in neurogenic tumours (27 cases) neurinomas (12 cases), neurofibromas (12 cases) and neurofibromatoses (3 cases), in sarcomas (17 cases) malignant fibrous histiocytomas (5 cases), malignant schwannomas (5 cases), embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas (4 cases) and other rare sarcomas (one case each myxoid liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, malignant haemangioendothelioma).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)