Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant salivary tumor that may arise in either major or minor salivary glands. Because of its frequent microscopic appearance resembling cross-sections of tubular structures (cylinders), it was previously referred to as “cylindroma.”. Clinically, adenoid cystic carcinoma is most common in the parotid gland, palate being the most common intraoral site.

By Surg.-Capt. F. O'Kinealy. i.m.s., Resident Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta. itit; suDject of hypertrophy of the adenoid tissue in the naso-pharynx has been before the medical profession for many years. In this country it has recently been brought forward, notably in papers, in the Indian Medical Gazette for 1892 and 1893. And the comment has been made that in India this condition...

Localization of IgA1,2 positive objects has been studied quantitatively in the palatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils of 20 patients with pathological recurrent tonsillitis or adenoid hyperplasia. We found expression of IgA1 and IgA2 positive objects both in the tonsillar parenchyma and epithelium with predomination of the IgA1 subclass. An attempt was made to connect the morphological changes in ...

BACKGROUND Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignancy of the head and neck. Cavernous sinus invasion from sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma and its related management have rarely been investigated. This study evaluated the relationship between treatment outcome and cavernous sinus involvement in addition to other parameters. METHODS A retrospective case series study was conducte...

Introduction: Chronic nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is a very common disorder. Although the clinical assessment of adenoid hypertrophy is essential, its real value in young children is difficult to evaluate. The purpose of this prospective study was to validate a simple clinical score to predict the severity of adenoid obstruction and to evaluate the relationship between this met...

adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lung is a relatively rare, slow growing lung neoplasm. metastases outside the lung are uncommon. herein, we have reported the case of a patient who presented with a large mass in the right lower lobe of her lung. bronchial biopsy revealed features suggestive of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lung with a predominant cribriform architecture. ct abdomen showed feat...

Adenoid cystic carcinomas, formerly known cylindromas, were originally described by Foote and Frozell 1953. These are epithelial malignancies that develop at the expense of salivary glands, other rare localizations have been described in particular in the oral cavity, the sinonasal tract, lacrimal glands or nasopharynx. Clinical and radiological signs are not specific, and are common to all sin...

background : the present study aimed to report the characteristics and treatment outcomes of five patients with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma and a literature review. methods : between 2000 and 2009, five consecutive patients (4 men, 1 woman) were diagnosed with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma and treated at our institution. three patients had stage iva (t4n0m0) and two patien...

OBJECTIVE The relationship between bacterial flora of the adenoids and middle ear problems is unclear. In this study, superficial and deep aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora of adenoid tissues were compared in children with and without chronic otitis media with effusion (cOME). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2004 and 2007, family members of children (ages 1-14 years) who were scheduled to un...

The authors retract this publication due to concerns about the cell lines employed in the study. The study reports experiments looking at pathways involved in anoikis resistance in human adenoid cystic carcinoma; the experiments involved the use of the cell lines ACCM and ACC2. After the publication of the article, a reader raised concerns that these two cell lines may not originate from adenoi...