title: Acinic cell tumor of the palate.
abstract: A rare acinic cell carcinoma of the soft palate is reported and its potential for recurrence and metastasis discussed. A wide ablation created a speech-crippling defect that was reconstructed with an island flap from the opposite side and a pharyngeal flap for nasal lining and an island flap from the same side for oral cover. Speech is again normal.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy