Clinical Presentation and Histological Variation of Pleomorphic Adenoma of Salivary Glands

Background: Pleomorphic Adenoma is the most common salivary gland tumour accounts 40-70% of all salivary gland tumour and about 60-80% of the benign tumours and 60- 70% of all parotid tumours. There is no study conducted in Bangladesh to observe the clinical and histological variation of the tumour. This study presents 36 cases of Pleomorphic adenoma collected over 11 months at the different territory hospital of Dhaka city. Design: Observational study (November’ 2011 to September’ 2012) Setting: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Universityl), Department of ENT and Head- Neck Surgery (Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University)