Salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma

An adenoid cystic carcinoma arising from the salivary gland. It is characterized by the presence of epithelial and myoepithelial cells forming tubular, cribriform, and solid patterns. It usually presents as a slow growing mass. Patients may experience pain because of the tumor propensity for perineural invasion. The tumor may follow an aggressive clinical course with recurrences and mestastases to distant sites including lungs, bones, brain, and liver.

Also known as: adenoid cystic cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma (morphologic abnormality), adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland, adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary gland, cylindroma (morphologic abnormality), saliva-secreting gland adenoid cystic carcinoma, salivary gland adenoid cystic cancer, salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma

2975 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 3 tagged with Salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma itself.