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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxilla – the value of histopathology in diagnosing a second primary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. J. Hadfield ,
C. Fisher  and
D. J. Archer
P. J. Hadfield*
Affiliation:
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, UK.
C. Fisher
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, UK.
D. J. Archer
Affiliation:
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Miss P. J. Hadfield, ENT Registrar, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London.
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Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is the commonest tumour of minor salivary glands. In the case described here a pulmonary mass was found. This was likely to be a distant metastasis, particularly as the primary tumour was of cribriform subtype with perineural invasion and resection was microscopically incomplete. However, surgical excision of the pulmonary mass enabled histopathological studies to be carried out which found it to be an unrelated bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.

Keywords

Salivary gland neoplasmsCarcinoma, adenoidcysticCarcinoma, bronchioloalveolar

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Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 503 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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