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Table 8 Number, sex and age distribution of patients presenting malignant non-odontogenic tumors

From: Retrospective study of biopsied head and neck lesions in a cohort of referral Taiwanese patients

Non-odontogenic (malignant) tumors

Male

Female

Age distribution (years)

0-9

10-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80-89

90-99

Mesenchymal

            

Osteosarcoma

3

6

0

3

0

0

0

3

1

1

1

0

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Malignant solitary fibrous tumor

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Neuroblastoma

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ewing sarcoma

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chondrosarcoma

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Hematologic

            

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

13

6

0

1

3

0

5

5

0

4

1

0

Langerhans cell histocytosis

12

0

0

0

2

6

2

2

0

0

0

0

Plasmacytoma

3

4

0

0

0

0

5

2

0

0

0

0

Leukemia

0

3

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Hodgkin's lymphoma

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Malignant hemangioendothelioma

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Multiple myeloma

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Salivary gland

            

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

19

16

0

0

7

9

7

6

0

3

3

0

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

18

10

0

0

1

4

3

5

0

12

3

0

Papillary cystic adenocarcinoma

6

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

2

0

Adenocarcinoma, NOS

4

3

0

0

2

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

Salivary duct carcinoma

2

1

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Acinic cell carcinoma

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Epithelial

            

Squamous cell carcinoma

4628

332

0

0

49

603

1709

1735

439

350

71

4

Verrucous carcinoma

359

34

0

1

0

42

113

136

40

52

9

0

Metastatic carcinoma

319

29

0

0

0

46

137

128

22

14

1

0

Carcinoma in situ

142

13

0

0

1

23

40

53

18

16

4

0

Undifferentiated carcinoma

11

4

0

0

0

2

2

3

2

3

3

0

Spindle cell carcinoma

10

1

0

0

0

4

1

4

0

2

0

0

Carcinosarcoma

3

1

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

Total

5558

470

3

6

67

743

2029

2089

522

467

98

4