Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the submandibular gland with rare metastasis to the sternum in a 52-year-old male

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor, described as being one of the most biologically destructive tumors of the head and neck. It is the most common malignancy that affects the minor salivary glands. Lung and bones are the most common regions of ACC distant metastasis. To the best of our k...

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Autores principales: Alshammari, Abdullah, Eldeib, Omar Jamal, Eldeib, Ahmed Jamal, Saleh, Waleed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26933463
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.165307
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Sumario:Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor, described as being one of the most biologically destructive tumors of the head and neck. It is the most common malignancy that affects the minor salivary glands. Lung and bones are the most common regions of ACC distant metastasis. To the best of our knowledge, herein, we report the first ever case of latent isolated sternal metastasis from ACC in a 52-year-old gentleman, who was diagnosed to have ACC of the submandibular gland, excised 10 years ago.

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