Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA A RARE PRESENTATION IN THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH - CASE REPORT

Prathima Sreenivasan, Rajeev. A. K, Chetan Poovan Vasanthan, Prabath Ramakarishnan

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an unusual salivary gland malignancy that remains poorly understood.It is characterized by the proliferation of ductal (luminal) and myoepithelial cells in criiform, tubular, solid, and cystic forms. Standard treatment, including surgery with postoperative radiation therapy, has attained reasonable local control rates, but distant metastases do not allow any improvement in the survival rate.&nbsp; In this paper we aim to present a case report of a 66 year old female patient with a rare reason of a linear solitary ulcer in the floor of the mouth, with a detailed discussion of the differential diagnosis and the investigative work up.It is a slow growing but aggressive neoplasm with a tendency for recurrence.</p>