Adenoid cystic carcinoma
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC)carcinomas are a rare histological subtype of adenocarcinoma.
Pathology
Adenoid cystic carcinomas are generally considered low grade 4. The tumours have a notable tendency for perineural spread.
Location
They have a wide distribution and mainly occur in relation to the airways, lacrimal glands and breasts. Reported locations include:
- head and neck
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands: one of the most common malignancies of the submandibular and sublingual glands
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal glands
- hard palate
- nasopharynx
- eyelid 5
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast 2
- tracheobronchial tree/respiratory tract
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adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree
- second most common primary malignant tracheal neoplasm (after squamous cell carcinoma) 4
- previously also called a cylindroma in this location 4
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lung
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adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree
- pelvis
- uterine/cervical
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin glands
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