Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma: an analysis of epidemiological studies and hints for pathologists

de Araujo, Vera Cavalcanti; Passador-Santos, Fabricio; Turssi, Cecilia; Soares, Andresa Borges; de Araujo, Ney Soares

doi:10.1186/1746-1596-8-6

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 1 The distribution of salivary gland tumors, minor salivary gland tumors and polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma in the studies included in this review

From: Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma: an analysis of epidemiological studies and hints for pathologists

Author	Year	Country	SGTs	MSGTs		MMSGTs		PLGAs
			n	n	% in relation to SGTs	n	% in relation to Minor SGTs	n	% in relation to MMSGTs
Onyango et al.	1992	Kenya	417	189	45.3	58	30.7	0	—
Rippin e Potts	1992	England	194	194	—	88	45.4	0	—
Loyola et al.	1995	Brazil	164	164	—	65	39.6	4	6.2
Neely et al.	1996	USA	106	106	—	47	44.3	22	46.8
Rivera-Bastidas et al.	1996	Venezuela	62	62	—	28	45.2	0	—
Rushing et al.	1996	USA	277	27	9.7	16	59.3	0	—
Kusama et al.	1997	Japan	129	129	—	49	38.0		—
Nagler et al.	1997	Israel	245	67	27.3	33	49.3	3	9.1
Jones et al.	1998	England	145	145	—	103	71.0		—
Lopes et al.	1999	Brazil	196	196	—	129	65.8	3	2.3
Maaita et al.	1999	Jordan	221	42	19.0	20	47.6	0	—
Pacheco-Ojeda et al.	2000	Ecuador	308	28	9.1	14	50.0	0	—
Koivunen et al.	2002	Finland	40	4	10.0	4	—	0	—
Vargas et al.	2002	Brazil	124	6	4.8	4	66.7	0	—
Masanja et al.	2003	Tanzania	153	66	43.1	37	56.1	0	—
Hyan et al.	2004	Australia	30	30	—	30	—	6	20.0%
Kokemueller et al.	2004	German	155	90	58.1	90	—	7	7.8
Poomsawat et al.	2004	Thailand	60	54	90.0	37	68.5	1	2.7
Strick	2004	England	21	21	—	21	—	5	23.8
Toida et al.	2004	Japan	82	82	—	27	32.9	0	—
Vuhahula	2004	Uganda	268	88	32.8	47	53.4	7	14.9
Lima et al.	2005	Brazil	245	46	18.8	22	47.8	0	—
Ito et al.	2005	Brazil	496	113	22.8	53	46.9	9	17.0
Luukkaa et al.	2005	Finland	46	46	—	46	—	8	17.4
Otho et al.	2005	Niger	79	33	41.8	14	42.4	0	—
Yih et al.	2005	USA	213	213	—	94	44.1	18	19.1
Ascani et al.	2006	Italy	454	30	6.6	7	23.3	0	—
Ansari et al.	2007	Iran	130	18	13.8	16	88.9	0	—
Buchner et al.	2007	USA	380	380	—	156	41.1	27	17.3
Jones et al.	2007	England	741	455	61.4	172	37.8	28	16.3
Ladeinde et al.	2007	Niger	120	76	63.3	52	68.4	5	9.6
Pires et al.	2007	USA	546	546	—	241	44.1	28	11.6
Wang et al.	2007	China	737	737	—	397	—	34	8.6
Copeli et al.	2008	Italy	43	43	—	43	—	1	2.3
Li et al.	2008	China	3,461	914	26.4	539	59.0	1	0.2
Rahman et al.	2008	Paquistan	70	70	—	70	—	2	2.9
Subhashraj et al.	2008	India	684	150	21.9	59	39.3	0	—
Chijiwa et al.	2009	Japan	22	22	—	22	—	0	—
Dhanuthai	2009	Thailand	311	311	—	164	52.7	2	1.2
Gao et al.	2009	China	1,062	519	48.9	519	—	19	3.7
Mucke et al.	2009	German	95	95	—	95	—	14	14.7
Ochicha et al.	2009	Niger	78	19	24.4	7	36.8	2	28.6
Oliveira et al.	2009	Brazil	599	87	14.5	50	57.5	0	—
Targa-Stramandinoli et al.	2009	Brazil	14	14	—	7	50.0	1	14.3
Tilakaratne et al.	2009	Sri Lanka	713	486	68.2	276	56.8	27	9.8
Carrillo et al.	2010	Mexico	77	77	—	77	—	0	—
Erovic et al.	2010	Austria	32	32	—	32	—	0	—
Kakarala & Bhattacharyya	2010	USA	639	639	—	639	—	0	—
Kruse et al.	2010	Switzerland	27	27	—	27	—	0	—
Tian et al.	2010	China	6,982	1,977	28.3	1228	62.1	29	2.4
Bjorndal et al.	2011	Denmark	952	266	27.9	266	—	66	24.8
Morais et al.	2011	Brazil	303	37	12.2	26	70.3	3	11.5
Schwarz et al.	2011	German	41	41	—	41	—	8	19.5
Venkata et al.	2011	India	185	185	—	138	74.6	18	13.0
Bello et al.	2012	Finland	1,888	177	9.4	68	38.4	11	16.2
Bello et al.	2012	Israel	330	111	33.6	71	64.0	8	11.3
Luksic et al.	2012	Croatia	768	297	38.7	210	70.7	4	1.9
Total	—	—	26,960	11,079	41.1	6,891	62.2	431	6.3

SGTs: salivary gland tumors; MSGTs minor salivary gland tumors; MMSGTs: malignant minor salivary gland tumors; PLGA: polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma.

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