abstract: primary adenoid cystic carcinoma (acc) of bartholin’s gland is a rare gynecologic malignancy. we report a case of locally advanced acc of bartholin’s gland. a 62-year-old presented with left bartholin’s gland carcinoma and underwent left radical vulvectomy,left-sided inguinal-femoral lymph node dissection, posterior pelvic exenteration, and pedicle abdominal muscle flap. on her 3 mont...

adenoid cystic carcinomas are deceptive malignancies that show slow growth and local invasion with recurrences seen many years after diagnosis. upto 50% of these tumors occur in the intraoral minor salivary glands usually in the hard palate. buccal mucosal tumors are relatively rare. we determined the incidence of buccal mucosal adenoid cystic carcinoma by reviewing the number of reported cases...

adenoid cystic carcinoma is an uncommon, slow growing malignant salivary gland tumor that is characterized by wide local infiltration, perineural spread, propensity to local recurrence anddistant metastasis. in this paper, the authors present a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma affecting the palate and involving the maxillary sinus in a 60‑year‑old male patient along with a brief reviewof litera...

introduction: natural killer (nk) cells, of which cd56 is a specific marker, play an important role in host defense against tumors. cancer stem cells, of which aldehyde dehydrogenase isoform 1 (aldh1) is an immunohistochemical marker, are a group of tumorigenic cells which are involved in migration and tumor recurrences. we aimed to evaluate the expression of aldh1 and cd56 in common salivary g...

conclusions regarding the findings of this study, it can be concluded that erα possibly cannot play an important role in the tumorigenesis and prognosis of the investigated malignant salivary gland tumors. results for acc, only one specimen expressed the er, and this was assessed as moderate. no specimens of mec expressed the er. the comparison of er expression between the two groups was not me...

Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the Bartholin gland is a rare carcinoma in female genitalia tract. In review of literature less than 100 cases have been reported. The presented case is a 44 - year - old married woman with complain of a painful mass in the vulvar area. The nodule was excised and microscopic examination revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin gland origin. A few months...

  SUMMARY An infrequent case of adenoid cystic carcinoma is described. Four years ago a 35 year old women was admitted to BuAli Hospital because of a firm painful mass near her left areola. The pathologic diagnosis after surgery was adenoid cystic carcinoma of breast. Up to now the patient is quite well without recurrence. incidence. Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an infrequent type of breast ...

Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck are rare. These tumors characterized by their slow but aggressive evolution. Nasopharyngeal localization adenoid carcinoma accounts for less than 1% all nasopharyngeal tumors.

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...

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...