Rehabilitation of an Advanced Case of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a cancer of the salivary gland that primarily affects the parotid, submandibular, and accessory salivary glands. Its growth is slow and it has infiltrative nature. A 46-year-old female patient coming from the rural area presented a lesion on the palate and reported pain i...

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Autores principales: Volpato, Luiz Evaristo Ricci, Caldas, Lorena Frange, Castro, Paulo Henrique de Souza, de Carvalhosa, Artur Aburad, Volpato, Maria Carmen Palma Faria, Bandéca, Matheus Coelho, Borges, Álvaro Henrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/651321
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Sumario:Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a cancer of the salivary gland that primarily affects the parotid, submandibular, and accessory salivary glands. Its growth is slow and it has infiltrative nature. A 46-year-old female patient coming from the rural area presented a lesion on the palate and reported pain in the region for three years. After incisional biopsy, and histopathological diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cribriform type of minor salivary gland, superior hemimaxillectomy and adjuvant treatment with radiotherapy and maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation were performed.

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