Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare epithelial tumour, and comprises about 1% of all malignant tumours of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is a malignant tumour which may develop in the trachea, bronchus, lungs or mammary glands, in addition to the head and neck region. Occurrences in the head a...

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Autores principales: Khan, Saba, Agwani, Khalid, Bhargava, Puneet, Kumar, Sreeja P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368840
http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2014.40.5.253
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author Khan, Saba
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description Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare epithelial tumour, and comprises about 1% of all malignant tumours of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is a malignant tumour which may develop in the trachea, bronchus, lungs or mammary glands, in addition to the head and neck region. Occurrences in the head and neck are mostly detected in the major salivary gland, oral cavity, pharynx and paranasal sinus where it presents as a slow growing firm nodular swelling. The aim of the article is to highlight the unique presentation of adenoid cystic carcinoma as a solitary ulcer on the floor of the mouth.
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spelling pubmed-42172732014-11-03 Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report Khan, Saba Agwani, Khalid Bhargava, Puneet Kumar, Sreeja P. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg Case Report Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare epithelial tumour, and comprises about 1% of all malignant tumours of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is a malignant tumour which may develop in the trachea, bronchus, lungs or mammary glands, in addition to the head and neck region. Occurrences in the head and neck are mostly detected in the major salivary gland, oral cavity, pharynx and paranasal sinus where it presents as a slow growing firm nodular swelling. The aim of the article is to highlight the unique presentation of adenoid cystic carcinoma as a solitary ulcer on the floor of the mouth. The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2014-10 2014-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4217273/ /pubmed/25368840 http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2014.40.5.253 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title_full Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title_fullStr Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title_short Adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
title_sort adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as an ulcer on the floor of the mouth: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368840
http://dx.doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2014.40.5.253
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