Onyango J F, Awange D O, Muthamia J M, Muga B I
Dental School, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
East Afr Med J. 1992 Sep;69(9):525-30.
Four hundred and seventeen tumours of salivary glands in Kenya were analysed. There is no evidence of higher incidence of salivary tumours than in non-African countries. The pattern of distribution differed from that of western countries, but in conformity with most African series showed a low proportion of tumours of the parotid gland and high proportion of tumours in the submandibular gland and the palate. The involvement of the palate by salivary gland tumour is very prominent in the African series and particularly more so in the females. Malignant tumours of the palate and parotid glands were frequent but were lower than those reported in other African series. On the other hand malignant salivary gland tumours of the submandibular glands while lower than those of the western countries, were higher than those of other African series.
对肯尼亚的417例唾液腺肿瘤进行了分析。没有证据表明唾液腺肿瘤的发病率高于非非洲国家。其分布模式与西方国家不同，但与大多数非洲系列研究一致，显示腮腺肿瘤比例较低，颌下腺和腭部肿瘤比例较高。在非洲系列研究中，腭部受唾液腺肿瘤累及的情况非常突出，在女性中尤为明显。腭部和腮腺的恶性肿瘤很常见，但低于其他非洲系列研究中报告的比例。另一方面，颌下腺的恶性唾液腺肿瘤虽然低于西方国家，但高于其他非洲系列研究中的比例。
