Smoking predisposes to parotid adenolymphoma

摘要: Of 574 patients with previously untreated, unremarkable parotid lumps, 194 proved to have pleomorphic adenomas and 73 adenolymphomas. ABO blood group details were available in 59 85 per cent of respectively. Smoking 84 a randomly chosen 46 subgroup 86 all those The incidences smoking the groups these two diagnoses compared standard sources. There was no evidence that either histological diagnosis tumours linked an abnormal pattern groups. However, there much greater incidence among adenolymphoma than adenoma group: only one 63 as opposed 31 75 had never smoked, while mean number cigarettes smoked by each patient estimated be 300,000 80,000 for adenoma.