[Pleomorphic adenomas in the materials of the Department of Otolaryngology of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Poznań].

In the years 1958-1997 were surgically treated in the Department of Otolaryngology Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań 365 patients with pleomorphic adenomas. Majority of the tumors originated of the major salivary glands was parotid gland (273 cases). The given materials confirms the viewpoint that enucleation in the pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid salivary gland--based on total removal of the tumor together with the capsule and pouch constitute a completely sure surgical procedure.