title: Solid adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxilla.
abstract: Seven cases of solid variant of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxilla are reported. Clinical and radiographic characteristics suggest origin within the maxillary alveolar bone. Swelling was minimal and disproportionate to the extensive, diffuse bone destruction universally present. Histologic features were typical of this neoplasm occurring in other sites and consisted of diffusely infiltrating islands of small, closely packed monomorphous cells with sparse cytoplasm, indistinct borders, and small hyperchromatic nuclei. Four of five patients with follow-up data died of their disease. This confirms the lethality of the solid variant. Rationale is presented for considering these malignancies to be of primary intraosseous origin.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles 90089-0641.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cleveland
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Melrose
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Handlers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000209:etiology