title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland in a six-year-old girl.
abstract: A 6-year-old white female was found to have an adenoid cystic carcinoma originating in a lacrimal gland. Eighteen months following diagnosis, the tumor recurred. Conservative surgery has been the sole mode of therapy. To date, after four operations and quadrimenstral imaging surveillance, there is no sign of disease progression. Our purpose is to record the unusual occurrence of an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland in a child. An interim report, 32 months after diagnosis, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, James W. Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Galliani
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Faught
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery