Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the palate in a 9-year-old boy.
Malignant tumors of salivary glands in children are extremely rare. A case of an adenoid cystic carcinoma affecting the palate in a 9-year-old child is described. This tumor has not previously been reported as affecting the minor salivary glands among patients in this age group.
Jones
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Regional Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Liverpool Hospital, England.
Bainton
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D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*