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Title

A 10 year retrospective study on oral salivary gland lesions in India

 

Authors

R. Sivakumar*, Manju Mariam Stephen Mathunny & S.K. Padmakumar

 

Affiliation

Department of Oral pathology and Microbiology, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

R. Sivakumar - E-mail: drsivakumarmds@gmail.com
Manju Mariam Stephen Mathunny - E-mail: drsmanju@gmail.com
S.K. Padmakumar - E-mail: padmakumar60@gmail.com

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025

 

Abstract

703 oral salivary gland pathology cases from 2014 to 2023 out of 6,143 biopsies (11.4%) were analysed. Non-neoplastic lesions accounted for 89%, with mucocele being most common (84.2%). Among neoplasms, 59% were benign-primarily pleomorphic adenoma-and 41% were malignant, with mucoepidermoid carcinoma most frequent. The distribution patterns aligned with known literature, though malignant cases were comparatively higher.

 

Keywords

Salivary gland, lesions, tertiary care

 

Citation

Sivakumar et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 1978-1981 (2025)

 

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde, PhD

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.