Adenoid cystic carcinoma of hard palate with coincidental metastases to lung and liver

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is the most frequent pathology occurring in the minor salivary glands .It is usually slow growing; however, it can spread via perineural invasion, haematogenous and lymphatogenous metastasis. Most common sites of metastasis are lung and bone. Involvement of the other sites i...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2013-02, Vol.2013, p.bcr0120125658
Hauptverfasser: Akhavan, Ali, Binesh, Fariba, Navabii, Hossein
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Zusammenfassung:Adenoid cystic carcinoma is the most frequent pathology occurring in the minor salivary glands .It is usually slow growing; however, it can spread via perineural invasion, haematogenous and lymphatogenous metastasis. Most common sites of metastasis are lung and bone. Involvement of the other sites is not common. In this article, we present a woman with coincident lung and liver metastases.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-01-2012-5658