Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck — a 10 years experience
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2011, Vol 65, Issue 5
Abstract
SUMMARY Introduction: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) was first described in 1853 and 1854 by three french scientists, Robin, Lorain and Laboulbćne. ACC is a rare cancer of the head and neck (about 1%) and it comprises from 6% to 10% of alt malignant tumors of the salivary glands. 15%-30% of these tumors are located in submandibular gland, 30% occur in smali salivary glands (in the palate, tongue, mouth, nose, sinuses, mucous membrane of the cheeks) and about 6% in parotid gland. Because of its specificity ACC is a challenge for the doctor — it is usually recognized at an advanced stage, spreads along the nerves, it has a high propensity for recurrence, often gives distant metastases, 10-year survival are very smali. Aims: Aim of this study is the epidemiological and clinical analysis of patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma. Material and methods: Includes a retrospective analysis of 21 cases of patients with ACC of the head and neck were hospitalized at the ENT Clinic of the Warsaw Medical University between 2001 and 2011. Data from medical records contain information about the location of the tumor, symptoms and clinical signs, diagnos-tic methods, method of treatment and local recurrences and distant metastases. Results: most cases ACC occurred in the large salivary glands (14 cases), in 5 cases in the nasal cavity and maxillofacial region, in 2 cases in the tongue. In order to accurately determine the extent of the tumor, its relationship to adjacent structures was performed computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Most of patients before treatment have been made biopsy of the tumor or download tissues by forceps for histopathological examina-tion. Reported symptoms depend on the location of the tumor. In 20 cases the patients were treated by surgical therapy and followed by radiotherapy, in one case because of the extent of the tumor was sent to radiotherapy. Conclusions:Surgical treatment of ACC requires a wide margin of healthy tissues; For the risk of local recurrences affected positive surgical margins, scull base Iocations of primary tumor and perineural invasion; Because of unpredictable nature of the tumor (local recurrences, distant metastasis), observation of patients after treatment should be carried out permanently, along with periodic imaging studies
Authors and Affiliations
Antoni Bruzgielewicz, Ewa Osuch-Wójcikiewicz, Daniel Majszyk, Piotr Chęciński, Jagna Nyckowska, Brygida Zawadzka, Anna Skowrońska-Gardas, Kazimierz Niemczyk
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