1 Specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma, Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Trauma. Master’s degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma, Pernambuco Dentistry School (FOP/UPE). 2 Specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma, Pernambuco Dentistry School (FOP/UPE). Master’s degree student in oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma, Perna...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin's gland is a rare malignant tumor of female genital tract. We report a case of a 42-year-old woman, presenting a palpable painful mass and burning sensation on the left side of vulva during the preceding two months. Based on examination, a solid fixed painful nodule with intact mucosa was palpated on the left side of the vagina. Histological features were c...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the Bartholin's gland has been encountered in 11 patients at the University of Michigan Medical Center since 1936. At the time of presentation the average age was 48.9 years, the lesion size was between 0.5 to 4 cm. The presenting symptoms were pain and/or pruritis associated with a solitary mass. Early in this series, excisional biopsy was used to treat eight patien...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is usually a slow growing but highly malignant neoplasm with a remarkable capacity for recurrence. It mainly affects salivary glands, palate and is rare in the nose and paranasal sinuses. A case report of 38 years old male with ACC of left nasal cavity who presented with gradually progressing left sided nasal obstruction is presented here. The CT scan showed mass ...

In 1972, a 42 year old patient underwent thoracotomy for adenoid cystic carcinoma of the left main-stem bronchus. Pneumonectomy was performed, but the resection was not complete as the tumour had invaded the aortic and tracheal wall. The patient did not receive postoperative radiotherapy. In 1993, the patient was readmitted with severe respiratory insufficiency due to complete endobronchial tum...

We describe 15 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary glands treated by radiotherapy from 1960 to 1978. All patients were treated for localized disease either definitively or after surgical resection. The site of origin and local tumor extensions are reviewed and the results of treatment analyzed. Eighty-three percent of the tumors were controlled by combined treatment (surgery ...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a malignancy of the secretory epithelial cells salivary glands and constitutes less than 1% all head neck tumors. Metastasis occurs frequently most commonly affects lungs at rate 35 to 50%. In this case report, we present rare nasopharyngeal ACC with distant metastasis liver. Our patient initially presented hospital dental sinus pain initial imaging suggesting ...

OBJECTIVE To study the oncological outcome of the patients with unresectable locally advanced primary head and neck cancers invading the skull base, treated with particle radiotherapy. METHODS Fifty-seven patients with unresectable primary head and neck cancers invading the skull base received proton or carbon ion radiotherapy as definitive treatment at Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center between 2...

We report one case of a mass in the aryepiglottic fold seen on CT, which proved to be an adenoid cystic carcinoma. There was nothing specific about the imaging characteristics that would allow it to be confidentially differentiated from squamous cell carcinoma.